Baa Baa Black Sheep Full lyrics and a free printable lyrics sheet

🎵 Baa Baa Black Sheep Lyrics

The first verse is the one everyone knows. The second — the thank-you verse — is a traditional extra that many families add, and it is printed here too, so the song on this page and on the sheet is complete.

Baa baa black sheep, have you any wool?
Yes sir, yes sir, three bags full.
One for the 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, three bags full.
“Thank you,” said the master,
“Thank you,” said the dame,
“Thank you,” said the little boy
who lives down the lane.

🐑 About This Rhyme

This rhyme is built like a tiny conversation, and that is its gift: one singer asks a question and the other answers it, so even a very young child can take the sheep's part — “yes sir, yes sir” — long before they can manage a whole song. Swap roles on the second verse and your toddler gets to do the asking.

It is also a counting and sharing rhyme in disguise: three bags of wool, counted out one by one to the master, the dame and the little boy down the lane. And if the tune sounds familiar, it should — it is the same melody family as “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” and the alphabet song.

🖨️ How to Use This Rhyme

1. Split the parts. You ask “have you any wool?” and your child answers “yes sir, yes sir, three bags full” — then swap on the second verse.
2. Count the bags. Hold up fingers as each bag is given out: one for the master, one for the dame, one for the little boy.
3. Print the lyrics sheet. Both verses, in big clear lines — keep it by the chair where you sing.
4. Let your child “read” it back. Following the lines on the sheet while they sing is early reading confidence, built one verse at a time.