Mary Had a Little Lamb, She Also Had a Bear

DESCRIPTION: "Mary had a little lamb, She also had a bear, I've often seen her little lamb, But I've never seen her bear."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1983 (Peirce-KeepTheKettleBoiling)
KEYWORDS: derivative humorous wordplay animal | Mary lamb bear
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Peirce-KeepTheKettleBoiling, p. 52, "(Mary had a little lamb)" (1 text)
Roud #7622
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Mary Had a Little Lamb" (form)
NOTES [20 words]: Roud lumps this with "Mary Had a Little Lamb," from which it is clearly derived. But I would clearly distinguish them. - RBW
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File: PKKB052E

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