Why does Mary have a full face of makeup and look a rough early forties?

Mary had a little lamb, Its fleece was white and wispy, But then it got foot and mouth disease, So now it black an crispy.

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Mary had a little lamb,

Oh, you’ve heard this tale before?

Did you know she passed her plate,

And had a little more?

Upvoted partly because it’s funny, but largely because it still scans.

Mary had a little lamb, a little beef, and a little ham.

Mary had a little lamb, H is get we’re black as soot, And everywhere that Mary went his sooty foot he put.