from 1609 does not mention tails being cut off. The story ends with them using a tonic to grow new tails and recover their eyesight, learning a trade (making wood chips, according to the accompanying illustration), buying a house and living happily ever after. The book is now in the public domain. See also List of nursery rhymes References External links Complete Version of ye Three Blind Mice – Scholarly analysis https://archive.org/details/completeversiony00libg/page/n1/mode/2up Mother Goose for Grownups English children's songs English folk songs English nursery rhymes Fictional blind characters Fictional trios Fictional mice and rats Rounds (music) Songs about diseases and disorders Songs about mice and rats Songwriter unknown Traditional children's songs Year of song unknown