Wierd Fact About Childs Song?

Question

Its raining, its pouring

the old man is snoring

he went to bed

bumped his head

and dident waike up i the morning

lmao am i the ONLY one thatJUST realized its a sick and twisted song about a man that dies? :S

and also, did you know that ring aound the posie (i dont know how to spell it) is about the black plague?!

why are we being taugt these songs at such a young age!? lmfao

Answer 1

Yes, a lot of these older songs/rhymes are actually very political, too.

Like baa, baa, black sheep is about taxes;

Georgie Porgie is about a duke and his lovers, both male and female;

Humpty Dumpty was a cannon used in the English civil war;

Jack and Jill is about beheadings during the Reign of Terror;

Old Mother Hubbard is about Cardinal Wolsey, divorce, and the Catholic church.

Yes, amazing what we teach our kids!

Answer 2

lol never thought about that one. I know that ring a ring a rosie was about the black plague though. But what a crack up I never realised the man has died. Shows we don't think about it too much lol.

Answer 3

ohhh thats just the half of it.

it's sick and twisted and he dies, how old are you?

the teletubbies is an advance?

Answer 4

weird. i never noticed that

Answer 5

Google "the real meaning of nursery rhymes."

MOST are really disgusting. lol

Answer 6

London Bridges Falling Down is also about something morbid but I can't remember what....

Answer 7

I think that the history of these rhymes is really interesting! Little kids will not understand at all, but they could make for a really great discussion with your 8 yr old and up kids. Lots of kids are really interested in history, especially the gross bits.

Answer 8

Kids are smarter now a days but if you think about it it teaches them that bad things happen in life too

Answer 9

oh my goodness Lydia!  I didn't realise all those rhymes were about that stuff!!!!

I knew Ring around the Rosies was about the plague though.

Ha!  I didn't ever think about him being dead in it's raining it's pouring either!

I was talking to my mum about this a couple of days ago actually - fairy tales are even worse - think Hansel and Gretel!  Old lady feeding them up so she could eat them!  FREAKY!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 10

XD i noticed that when i was in kindergarten and i asked my teacher why he didn't wake up..i have yet to hear any response..

Answer 11

A lot of the nursery rhymes and traditional activities we participate in are from pagan origins.  My advice:  Look it up in wiki.  Esp Christmas.

TX Mom

Answer 12

I actually always thought it was "he didn't wake up until morning"

But yeah a lot of nursery rhymes are pretty morbid... the kids never notice though.

Answer 13

Yeah, and some fairy tales and stuff like that are bad too.  I'm sure you've heard the infamous Disney perverted schemes (such as the Little Mermaid, there wrote s*x in the air or something like that, I really don't remember).  And I got a book of fairy tales when I was six years old, and ten years later, I read them again and realized that some of these were sick...!  No wonder we grow up perverted.  It all starts with these "subliminals" at a young age.

Answer 14

Mary Mary Quite Contrary is about Bloody Mary the Queen of England who beheaded all those people and the "flowers" and "gardens" and "maids" they talk about in the rhyme are things used to torture and kill people.

I think people just created them at the time for entertainment (because those were the current events) or (in Ring Around the Rosie's case) for information and then taken literally they sound like good children's rhymes. Some nursery rhymes are actually just innocent rhymes to teach children how to speak and say different types of words so these rhymes sound the same when taken literally.