Mary Had A Little Lamb

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  • The statute of Mary's lamb in Sterling, Massachusetts, with the opening verse of the poem credit to John Roulstone.

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  • Rozwilldesign@gmail.com from Co@ Ashton from Florida: I am writing a family oriented blog/podcast episode about this song. Would you like to contribute?
  • Ashton from FloridaMary sawyer is my great great grandmother.
    I hold an original copy of this.

    Also I have to mention that the song was originally written by a boy who actually went to school with Grandma Mary and Hale who many years later added to it published it denying credit to Jhon Roulstone, who had passed away 7 years after writing the original.
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn July 9th 1972, Paul McCartney & Wings began their ‘Wings Over Europe’ tour* when they performed in concert at Chateauvillon, Ollioules, France...
    At the time the group's "Mary Had a Little Lamb" was at #29 on Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart; the following week it would peak at #28 {for 1 week} and it stayed on the chart for 7 weeks...
    In the United Kingdom it was at #15; three weeks earlier on June 18th, 1972 it had reached #9 {for 2 weeks}...
    * It was the first time Paul McCartney would tour since being a member of the Beatles, who quit touring in 1966.
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn December 6th, 1877, the first recording of a human voice was made; Thomas Edison recited the nursery rhythm 'Mary Had A Little Lamb' on the first tinfoil cylinder phonograph...
    Eighty five years later in 1962 James Darren released "Mary's Little Lamb", it peaked at #39 on Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart...
    And in 1972 Paul McCartney's "Mary Had A Little Lamb" reached #28 on the Top 100 (both are available of You Tube).
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