Baa Baa Black Sheep. . .

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Huh? What is a ds? I have no idea what you're on about.

Where on earth do they keep coming from?!

Isn't it one for the maid? ?

I thought it was "dame...

One for the master, one for the dame

And one for the little boy that lives down the lane

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I thought it was dame..

Not a clue what a DS is though

Dear Son and she puts his name in the rhyme, instead of saying "dame".

Apparently. If this story is real, of course.

I think a DS is a Nintendo. Like a modern Gameboy.

But why would he give some wool to a DS?

? good to know I was dim even as a young 'un.

Darling Son?

*facepalm* can't believe I actually thought they meant Nintendo DS.

Hmm, me also!?

What would happen if someone was 'racist' enough to sing Baa Baa Black Sheep to the kids?

I asked nursery the other day what do they sing as R has been singing Baa Baa Blue Sheep and yes they say blue, green etc. Ridiculous.

I hope the Smurfs complain!

Ridiculous, but I bet they only had to change it because over-sensitive parents complained.

A few months ago I went for a job-interview in a pre-school and the children were may-pole dancing. Apparantly one child wasn't allowed to go into pre-school on the days when theywere maypole dancing because his parents thought of the maypole as a phallic symbol and didn't believe that it was suitable for children.

The world's gone mad...

Absolutely WTS!!

My son went to a nursery in an inner London borough where he was one of 2 white children out of 70-odd. They used to sing baa baa black sheep with no problems. I know they changed the words of eeny, meeny, miny, mo but then the N word is very offensive, whereas the colour of sheep isn't!

Would it be easy to remove ones child from a school that insisted on such misguided and ludicrous policies?

Some people clearly have to much time on their hands. The song is about a sheep. That sheep is black. That's it, no hidden reference.

And not only that, it's a rhyme about a black sheep who has overcome the negative characteristics associated with its wool colour to provide not one, not two but three - three! - bags of useful wool to the community, which it is happy to distribute equally, regardless of age or gender. If anything, it's a positive tale.

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My friend works in a nursery and they sing the original version. God knows what some of the parents would say if Baa Baa Rainbow Sheep was sung in Brighton....

Ha!

What a pile of overly-sensitive PC crap.

My mum used to work in a nursery, and they sang it properly, but then with some bizarre second verse about baa baa green sheep?!?

Not only do I work in a school but I'm mixed race , , it's the biggest loads of B-l-o-ks i've ever heard. They sing Baa Baa Rainbow sheep in nursery but when they come to us in reception we revert back to Black Sheep as we have never been told by the Head that we have to say other wise. I'm sure the sheep wouldn't be offended if I called him black (unless he was white of course, , lol, )

If they are going down that route then surely baa baa rainbow sheep would be offensive to gay people? What with the rainbow flag and all!

Disclaimer **obviously this is a joke and no offence intended **

I'm confused, I have never seen a rainbow sheep.

What message is this sending to kiddies?

Baa baa rainbow sheep !

It doesn't even sound right. Baa Baa bald sheep would sound better, and solve the problem of the colour issue.

But then are you being bald-ist?

This is one of the more ridiculous threads I have seen on hitched. There are no 'rules' about Baa Baa Black Sheep, my early years classes have and still do have the original version, 'rainbow sheep' is stupid, just don't sing the bloody song at all if it offends you!

And you can say policeman, my H is one, we call him one, I refer to him as one and always will. He is a man, he is police, therefore he is a policeman. Or a police officer, but seriously, if policeman or black (or white) sheep offends you, you need more to occupy your life.