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Learning How To Play "Mary Had a Little Lamb" is an image macro of bodybuilder Kevin Frasard playing guitar with the caption "learning how to play 'Mary Had a Little Lamb' please don't make fun of me." Online, the image spread in February 2020, with some altering the image to feature different songs and guitar players.

Origin

On August 7th, 2019, Kevin Frasard published the video "PAPA ROACH – Last Resort Guitar Cover By Kevin Frasard." THe post received more than 1.8 million views in less than one year (shown below).

On January 21st, 2020, Instagram^[1] user @travorallenunofficial shared a screenshot from the video with the caption "learning to play 'mary had a little lamb' please don't make fun of me." The post received more than 2,000 likes in less than one year (shown below).

Spread

Weeks later, on February 7th, 2020, Instagram^[2] user @sonny5ideup shared the meme. The post received more than 27,000 likes in less than one year.

On February 11th, YouTuber mnanez11 posted the screenshot and caption on YouTube, receiving more than 90,000 views in less than one year (shown below, left). Shortly after, Redditor Donovan-TSB posted a variation on the meme in the /r/ShitPostCrusaders^[3] subreddit. The post received more than 7,000 points (99% upvoted) and 85 comments in less than one year (shown below, right).

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