Three Blind Mice ✧
Three falling notes open a complete nursery melody, followed by a quicker, higher storytelling phrase.
Sheet music
Tap a staff note or finger tab to hear it.
Three blind mice
The farmer’s wife
Closing rhyme
D whistle · D major · 6/8 · 85 BPM · + upper octave
Three blind mice
The farmer’s wife
Closing rhyme
Lyrics
Traditional words · The Baby’s Opera, page 22
Three blind mice, See how they run! They all ran after the farmer’s wife, Who cut off their tails with a carving knife; Did ever you hear such a thing in your life? Three blind mice.
About this tune
Three Blind Mice is a traditional English nursery rhyme. Its three descending opening notes give the song an immediately recognizable shape.
The Baby’s Opera prints a short opening and a quicker central passage about the farmer’s wife. The melody returns to the same three-note descent at the close.