Why is baa baa black sheep black?

Answer 1

I don't really understand how baa baa black sheep is racist. A sheep has black wool... so? It's like someone saying, ohh i have a white jumper and someone else calling that racist! I agree, used in the wrong way, it probably could be racist, but otherwise... uhh i dont know. :)

Answer 2

Baa Baa black sheep have you any wool?

Yes sir, yes sir, 3 bags full.

One for my master,

one for the Dame,

one for the little boy who lives down the lane.

Baa Baa black sheep have you any wool?

Yes sir, yes sir 3 bags full.

The original version is slightly different to the one we know today, here are the original lyrics to baba black sheep:

Bah, Bah a black Sheep,

Have you any Wool?

Yes merry have I,

Three Bags full,

One for my master,

One for my Dame,

One for the little Boy

That lives down the lane.

Answer 3

The rhyme likely refers to the color of the sheep's wool, which is black. It is a simple way to describe the appearance of the sheep in the nursery rhyme.

Answer 4

...wool? Yes sir, yes sir, three bags full.....

One for my Master, one for my Dame, on for the little boy who lives in the lane.

Answer 5

BECAUSE, the black sheep (black man) is different and is mocked by all the whites for being dark, it is extremely racist and is actually sung at many KKK meetings around the world

Answer 6

This ritual is actually called Ba Ba white sheep. Racist people changed it to black. It is an asian ritual.

Answer 7

Baa baa black sheep is classified as a nursery rhyme, not a Ballad.

Answer 8

No because it was a long time ago

Answer 9

No, it's a nursery rhyme.