It has a roud folk song index number of 3753.
Three blind mice nursery rhyme meaning.
The origin of this rhyme goes back in the 1609 when the first written version of the song was published by thomas ravenscroft in deuteromelia or the seconde part of musicks melodie.
This nursery rhyme is often said to be about mary i 1516 1558 the daughter of henry viii and catherine of aragon who was made illegitimate when her father married anne boleyn.
1609 songwriter s unknown three blind mice is an english language nursery rhyme and musical round three blind mice is an english language nursery rhyme and musical round.
The farmer s wife refers to the queen who with her husband king philip of spain owned large estates.
History origin and meaning of three blind mice.
Three blind mice the first written variation of three blind mice dates from 1609.
While authorship of the rhyme is a matter of dispute what is generally accepted is that three blind mice refers to the brutal slaying of the three bishops she scraped off the entrails and licked the knife to translate line 6 opposed to queen mary s religious reforms one of whom had made the mistake of dissolving her mother.