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Three Blind Mice

What is three blind mice?

· Emily Grant

Key facts

Type English nursery rhyme and musical round[1]
First line “Three blind mice”[2]
Lyric line “They all ran after the farmer’s wife”[2]
Lyric line “She cut off their tails with a carving knife”[2]

Three Blind Mice is an English nursery rhyme and musical round about three blind mice that run after a farmer’s wife, who cuts off their tails with a carving knife.

Context

Three Blind Mice is an English nursery rhyme and musical round [1]. The familiar version tells of three blind mice who run after a farmer’s wife; she cuts off their tails with a carving knife [2]. The first line begins “Three blind mice” [2].

Documented claims

  • Three Blind Mice is an English nursery rhyme. [1]
  • The rhyme is also a musical round. [1]
  • In the familiar version, the mice run after a farmer’s wife, who cuts off their tails. [2]

Questions and answers

What is the meaning behind Three Blind Mice?

The sources describe the rhyme’s content but do not state a meaning or moral.

How does the Three Blind Mice nursery rhyme go?

The familiar version includes the lines “They all ran after the farmer’s wife” and “She cut off their tails with a carving knife” [2].

What are the words to the poem Three Blind Mice?

The first line is “Three blind mice” [2], and the rhyme continues with the farmer’s wife cutting off their tails [2].

Sources

  1. The Surprisingly Dark Origins of "Three Blind Mice" — mentalfloss.com (retrieved August 3, 2026)
  2. Three Blind Mice: Origins and Lyrics | PDF - Scribd — scribd.com (retrieved August 3, 2026)

Sources last checked August 3, 2026. · More in Entertainment