The nursery rhyme Baa Baa Black Sheep is well known, but it has been the center of a controversy which led to its being banned in schools in Birmingham, England. The rhyme first appeared in print about 1744.
It was suggested the rhyme was racist, but in fact there is no evidence that it has anything to do with racism or the slave trade. The majority opinion seems to be that it was a protest against the Great Custom, a wool tax of the 13th Century.
Black parents in Birmingham regarded the ban as ludicrous and eventually it was withdrawn. You should be able to sing it without causing offense.
This shows how ridiculous the present state of so-called "Political Correctness" is.
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