Mary Had a Little Lamb

1830 poem cum nursery rhyme
MusicRecording nursery_rhyme Q1360987
Mary Had a Little Lamb
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Mary Had a Little Lamb

Summary

Mary Had a Little Lamb is a nursery rhyme[1]. It draws 1,655 Wikipedia views per month (nursery_rhyme category, ranking #6 of 51).[2]

Key Facts

  • Mary Had a Little Lamb authored Sarah Josepha Hale[3].
  • Mary Had a Little Lamb's instance of is recorded as nursery rhyme[4].
  • Mary Had a Little Lamb's genre is children's literature[5].
  • Mary Had a Little Lamb's genre is children's song[6].
  • Mary Had a Little Lamb's genre is nursery rhyme[7].
  • Mary Had a Little Lamb was performed by Sarah Josepha Hale[8].
  • Mary Had a Little Lamb was performed by Barney & Friends[9].
  • Mary Had a Little Lamb was performed by Thomas Edison[10].
  • Mary Had a Little Lamb's Commons category is recorded as Mary Had a Little Lamb[11].
  • Mary Had a Little Lamb's language of work or name is recorded as English[12].
  • Mary Had a Little Lamb's country of origin is recorded as United States[13].
  • Mary Had a Little Lamb was released on 1830[14].
  • Mary Had a Little Lamb's main subject is loyalty[15].
  • Mary Had a Little Lamb's main subject is lamb[16].
  • Mary Had a Little Lamb's main subject is classroom[17].
  • Mary Had a Little Lamb's main subject is kindness[18].
  • Mary Had a Little Lamb's described at URL is recorded as http://www.fresnostate.edu/folklore/ballads/R360.html[19].
  • Mary Had a Little Lamb's described by source is recorded as The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes[20].
  • Mary Had a Little Lamb's described by source is recorded as The Century Magazine[21].
  • Mary Had a Little Lamb's published in is recorded as Cedarmont Kids[22].
  • Mary Had a Little Lamb's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Mary’s Lamb'}[23].
  • Mary Had a Little Lamb's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Mary Had a Little Lamb'}[24].
  • Mary Had a Little Lamb's first line is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Mary had a little lamb,'}[25].
  • Mary Had a Little Lamb's last line is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'If you are always kind.’'}[26].
  • Mary Had a Little Lamb's copyright status is recorded as public domain[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

Mary Had a Little Lamb authored Sarah Josepha Hale[3].

Why It Matters

Mary Had a Little Lamb draws 1,655 Wikipedia views per month (nursery_rhyme category, ranking #6 of 51).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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  19. [21] . books.google.com. books.google.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . archive.org. archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17d ago · Kiwigirl3850 · 2026-06-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Author Sarah Josepha Hale
    Country of origin United States
    Genre children's literature, children's song, nursery rhyme
    Performer Sarah Josepha Hale, Barney & Friends, Thomas Edison
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