Little Bo-Peep has lost her sheep,
⁠And can't tell where to find them;
Leave them alone and they ‘Il come
⁠home,
⁠And bring their tails behind them.

Little Bo-Peep fell fast asleep,
⁠And dreamt she heard them
⁠bleating;
But when she awoke, she found
⁠it a joke,
⁠For they were still a-fleeting.

Then up she took her little crook,
⁠Determined for to find them;
She found them indeed, but it
⁠made her heart bleed,
⁠For they ‘d left their tails
⁠behind them.

Three blind mice! See how they run!
They all ran after the farmer's wife,
Who cut off their tails with the carving-
⁠knife,—

Did you ever see such fun in your life
Did you‍As three blind mice?