Here is my contribution to the January 2022 Solo Songwriting Challenge offered by the Minnesota Association of Songwriters.

The goal was to take an idea from another song without plagiarizing and incorporate it in a new way. I chose a Public Domain song, “Mary Had A Little Lamb” and used a few notes from the melody, then wrote a song about the Author of the poem; Sarah Josepha Hale.

I realized during the research and writing that Sarah was a remarkable person.

Sarah Josepha Hale