<Table> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> `` Mary Had a Little Lamb '' </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Illustration by William Wallace Denslow </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Nursery rhyme </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Published </Th> <Td> May 24 , 1830 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Songwriter ( s ) </Th> <Td> Sarah Josepha Hale , John Roulstone </Td> </Tr> </Table>
who wrote the song mary had a little lamb
Sarah Josepha Hale John Roulstone