The Lamb
William Blake
Little Lamb who made thee Dost thou know who made thee Gave thee life & bid thee feed, By the stream & o'er the mead; Gave thee clothing of delight, Softest clothing wooly bright; Gave thee such a tender voice, Making all the vales rejoice: Little Lamb who made thee Dost thou know who made thee Little Lamb I'll tell thee, Little Lamb I'll tell thee: He is called by thy name For he calls himself a Lamb. He is meek & he is mild, He became a little child: I a child & thou a lamb, We are called by his name. Little Lamb God bless thee Little Lamb God bless thee.
Of note
In 1982 the composer John Tavener wrote a choral setting of this poem for his three-year-old nephew, Simon. Tavener later said he composed it from seven notes in a single afternoon.
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TEXT PROVENANCE · First published 1789 in Songs of Innocence · Text from Wikisource’s regularized transcription of Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Copy Z (1826).
Songs of Innocence and of Experience (1826 edition)
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