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We’re all pretty familiar with Three Blind Mice, or at least we think we are. We sing this little ditty in elementary school and it’s largely a play song for children.<\/p>\n

Three blind mice.
\nThree blind mice.
\nSee how they run.
\nSee how they run.
\nThey all ran after the farmer’s wife,
\nWho cut off their tails with a carving knife,
\nDid you ever see such a sight in your life,
\nAs three blind mice?<\/p>\n

But the original version is far stranger…<\/p>\n

Three Blinde Mice,
\nThree Blinde Mice,
\nDame Iulian,
\nDame Iulian,
\nthe Miller and his merry olde Wife,
\nshe scrapte her tripe licke thou the knife.<\/p>\n

Believed to have been written (not merely collected) by Thomas Ravenscroft, it was published in his 1609 Deuteromelia or The Seconde part of Musicks melodie.<\/i><\/p>\n

TRIPE SCRAPING! KNIFE LICKING! This stuff is MADNESS!<\/p>\n

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From http:\/\/www.pbm.com\/~lindahl\/ravenscroft\/modern\/<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

<\/i>
\nI’ve done quick recordings to illustrate the sound difference. First, here is the modern one:<\/p>\n

Three Blind Mice – Modern Version<\/a><\/p>\n

And here is the Ravenscroft version (which I’ve come to like better! It must be the tripe scraping. Must be.)<\/p>\n

Three Blind Mice – 1609 Ravenscroft Version<\/a><\/p>\n

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