You know, the ones we tell our kids, like Ring around the Rosie....
ashes , ashes, they all fall down (as in dead from the plague).
Please feel free to include your favorite.
2006-08-10 17:53:50 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Other - Entertainment
When they were first told, they were not necessarily for kids. They were just stories that the bards (storytellers) told and it was a way to pass history down from generation to generation. There was no TV or Movies etc. Music and stories were all they had
2006-08-10 18:01:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
i don't know why but i noticed this too when i was making a CD for my nephew.
Here are some that i found that i couldn't believe were fo kids:
Go Tell Aunt Rhodie - The old grey goose is dead
Humpty Dumpty
Jack And Jill
London Bridges Falling Down
There was an Old woman who swallowed a fly i don't know why she swallowed a fly ... perhaps she'll die.
Little Bunny Foo Foo - bopping them on the head
Three Blind Mice... cut their tails off with a carving knife
Sing a Song of Sixpence - long came a blackbird and snipped off her nose
There are many more but i can't think of them now. Crazy huh?
2006-08-10 18:05:37 · answer #2 · answered by purple dove 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
People express feelings in many ways like singing,story telling.The people were going through tough times plagues,the great fire of London etc hence London burning!The rhymes sound beautiful so later this was told to kids.
2006-08-10 18:11:00 · answer #3 · answered by mamanoelia 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well people where going through a difficult time so they needed to have their spirits lifted. What is better than to make the children happy? Songs tend to relfect emotions or situations. Well i dont know but that is what I think. My favorite one is Twinkle Twinkly Little Star
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2006-08-10 18:00:45 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Life was grusome when they were made. They didn't have anti-biotics. People DIED from lots of things. Infant and child mortality rates were high. They used to ask, "Did your parent have any children that lived?"
2006-08-10 18:01:56 · answer #5 · answered by GJ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They weren't made for children when they were first made up- they were adults stories or tales.
2006-08-10 17:58:01 · answer #6 · answered by Margaret 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
like she said. they were originally adult stories. and i've always enjoyed your example.
2006-08-10 18:01:44 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋