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Three blind mice,
Three blind mice,
See how they run!
See how they run!
They all ran after the farmer's wife,
Who cut off their tails with a carving knife;
Did you ever see such fun in your life
As three blind mice?

Source edit

  • Jack Zipes; Lissa Paul; Lynne Vallone, eds. (2005). "Nursery verse". The Norton Anthology of Children's Literature. W. W. Norton & Co. p. 1141. ISBN 0393327760.