Baa, Baa, Black Sheep: notes for 10 instruments
“Baa! Baa! Black sheep, have you any wool?…” Pick your instrument. Each page shows the notes in the easiest key that fits it, with a play-along player and a print sheet.
- PianoLetters · C majorC4–A4 Easy
- KalimbaTabs · C majorC4–A4 Easy
- RecorderLetters · F majorF4–D5 Easy
- FluteLetters · C majorC5–A5 Easy
- ViolinLetters · C majorC5–A5 Easy
- ClarinetLetters · C major (written)C4–A4 Easy
- TrumpetValves · C major (written)C4–A4 Easy
- Alto SaxLetters · D major (written)D4–B4 Medium
- Bells & XylophoneLetters · C majorC4–A4 Easy
- HarmonicaTabs · C majorC5–A5 Easy
Words (first verse)
Baa! Baa! Black sheep, have you any wool? Yes, sir, yes, sir! Three bags full.
One for my master, and one for my dame, But none for the naughty boy that cries in the lane.
About this song
- Melody
- Traditional French air (“Ah! vous dirai-je, maman”), 1887
- Words
- Traditional, 1887 (first verse shown)
- Public domain
- Melody 1887, words 1887: first published before 1931.
- Source
- Franklin Square Song Collection No. 4 (Harper & Brothers, 1887), p. 166, “Nursery Songs: Baa! Baa! Black Sheep” (1887)