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answers.span_text: Sarah Josepha Hale , John Roulstone
questions: who wrote the song mary had a little lamb
name: Mary Had a Little Lamb
contexts: `` Mary Had a Little Lamb '' Illustration by William Wallace Denslow Nursery rhyme Published May 24 , 1830 Songwriter ( s ) Sarah Josepha Hale , John Roulstone