Mary had a little lamb
she also had a bear
I have often seen her little lamb
But never seen her
This is the second stage in the "Mary had a little Lamb" school of binging up children. Stage 1 is when baby is in mother's arms, and mother is crooning to her:
"Mary had a little Lamb
It's fleece was white as snow
And everywhere thatMary went, the Lamb was sure to go"
Ahhhhh . . . .how sweet!
Stage 2 is when toddler goes off to kindergarten and infants' school, and comes home with the version you mentioned, designed to annoy infant school teachers:
"Mary had a little lamb
She also had a bear
I have often seen her little lamb
But never seen her . . . "
Then, a few short years later, she goes off to big school, and comes back with the Stage 3 version, designed to annoy secondary school teachers:
"Mary had a little Lamb
She kept it in a bucket
And every time the Lamb got out
The bulldog tried to ……put it back in again"
Finally, if all goes well, she's off to uni, and comes back with Stage 4; the undergraduate version:
"Mary had a little Lamb
mmm . . . . ..
That's what you get from sleeping in the sheep shed"