Three Blind Mice
Three Blind Mice is a children's
nursery rhyme.
Three blind mice. Three blind mice.See how they run. See how they run.They all ran after the farmer's wifeWho cut off their tails with a carving knife.Did you ever see such a thing in your lifeAs three blind mice?Three blind mice was also used as a theme song for
The Three Stooges and a
Curtis Fuller arrangement of the rhyme is featured on the
Art Blakey live album of the same name.
The wife in the rhyme may refer to
Mary I, daughter of King
Henry VIII of England, sometimes referred to as "Bloody Mary." She is called a "farmer's wife" because of the large estates owned by her and her husband, King
Philip II of Spain. The mice in the rhyme may refer to
Hugh Latimer,
Nicholas Ridley, and
Thomas Cranmer, three Anglican noblemen convicted of plotting against the Queen. They were subsequently
burned at the stake.
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