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🐑 Baa, Baa, Black Sheep: chords and words

Baa, Baa, Black Sheep is written in C major, with 3 chords: C, F and G. Tap Fits a small voice and I’ll move the whole song to where you can sing it.

Baa, Baa, Black Sheep in C major

The tune goes from C4 to A4: try “Fits a small voice”.

CBaa,baa,blacksheep,FhaveyouanyCwool?

FYessir,Cyessir,GthreebagsCfull.

COnefortheFmaster,ConefortheGdame,

CAndonefortheFlittleboyCwholivesdowntheGlane.

Traditional English nursery rhyme (1744), to the Twinkle tune. Public domain. peabody.kids/music

Where the song comes from

Baa, Baa, Black Sheep is one of the oldest nursery rhymes in English. Its words were printed in Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book in about 1744, and the words and this tune were printed together in Philadelphia in 1879. It is sung to the Twinkle tune.

Words: Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book (London, c. 1744). Tune: A. H. Rosewig, Illustrated National Nursery Songs and Games (Philadelphia, 1879). Both were printed before 1931, so the song is in the public domain in the United States: anyone may sing it, print it and share it. Peabody wrote out the tune and the chords for this page. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baa,_Baa,_Black_Sheep.

For teachers

The tune runs from C4 to A4 in C major. For a class from Pre-K to 2nd grade, try D major (D, G, A), which keeps it inside D4 to B4.

Easiest to play

On a ukulele: C major (C, F, G). On a guitar: D major (D, G, A).

Sing it with the words lit up

The sing-along plays the tune and lights each word as it is sung.

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Checked 2026-10-31.