Hermann Coburg Teddybär Mary had a little lamb

Mary had a little lamb

Nursery rhymes sind traditionelle Gedichte und Lieder, die kleine Kinder im angelsächischen Raum üblicherweise im Kinderhort ("Nursery") lernen. Mary had a little lamb ist ein sehr populäres amerikanisches Kindergedicht von Sarah Hale, das erstmals 1830 veröffentlicht und bereits wenige Jahre später von Lowell Mason vertont wurde. Thomas Edison sprach die ersten Zeilen von Mary had a lamb, um damit seinen 1877 erfundenen Phonographen zu testen.

Mary had a little lamb,
Its fleece was white as snow;
And everywhere that Mary went,
The lamb was sure to go.
He followed her to school one day;
That was against the rule;
It made the children laugh and play;
To see a lamb at school.
And so the teacher turned it out,
But still it lingered near,
And waited patiently about
Till Mary did appear.
"Why does the lamb love Mary so?"
The eager children cry;
"Why, Mary loves the lamb, you know,"
The teacher did reply.