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Three Blind Mice is a children's nursery rhyme.
- 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 a thing in your life
- As three blind mice?
Three blind mice was also used as a theme song for The Three Stooges and a Curtis Fuller arrangement of the rhyme is featured on the Art Blakey live album of the same name.
Explanation
The wife in the rhyme may refer to Mary I, daughter of King Henry VIII of England, sometimes referred to as "Bloody Mary." She is called a "farmer's wife" because of the large estates owned by her and her husband, King Philip II of Spain. The mice in the rhyme may refer to Hugh Latimer, Nicholas Ridley, and Thomas Cranmer, three Anglican noblemen convicted of plotting against the Queen. They were subsequently burned at the stake.
Sources
Nursery rhymes | Fictional blind characters
"Three Blind Mice"