This absurd old round is frequently brought to mind in the present day, from the circumstance of there being an instrumental Quartet by Weiss, through which runs a musical phrase accidentally the same as the notes applied to the word Three Blind Mice. Variations Īmateur music composer Thomas Oliphant (1799–1873) noted in 1843 that:
The rhyme only entered children's literature in 1842 when it was published in a collection by James Orchard Halliwell. However, as can be seen above, the earliest lyrics don't talk about harming the three blind mice, and the first known date of publication is 1609, well after Queen Mary died. However, the Oxford Martyrs, Ridley, Latimer and Cranmer, were burned at the stake, not blinded although if the rhyme was made by crypto-Catholics, the mice's "blindness" could refer to their Protestantism. Īttempts to read historical significance into the words have led to the speculation that this musical round was written earlier and refers to Queen Mary I of England blinding and executing three Protestant bishops.
Three Blinde Mice, Three Blinde Mice, Dame Iulian, Dame Iulian, the Miller and his merry olde Wife, shee scrapte her tripe licke thou the knife. The editor of the book, and possible author of the rhyme, was Thomas Ravenscroft. Play ( helpĪ version of this rhyme, together with music (in a minor key), was published in Deuteromelia or The Seconde part of Musicks melodie (1609).
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