Rock a by baby on the tree top...down will co me cradle baby and all? Why is your baby up that high? Why are you singing about him falling from a tree?
Rubadubdub three men in the tub? Hmm...
Little bunny foo foo hoppin through the forest scoopin up the field mice and bopping them on the head? Shame..
2007-01-29 06:33:57 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Humpty Dumpty is just tragic.
JAck and Jill, an accident that could be avoided.
Hey Diddle Diddle, let's not even go there
2007-01-29 06:37:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
A lot of nursery rhymes (if not all of them) were based on actual historical events. Some were politically satirical. The rhyme "Ring Around the Rosy" was based on the plague which struck Europe in Medieval times.
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2007-01-29 06:40:32 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yep.There is a book about all of the Nursery Rhymes and their meanings. Ring around the Rosie is about the plague. Tell me Snow White wasn't a closet pedophile!
2007-01-29 06:39:54 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Nursery rhymes are nothing compared to fairy tales did you know that in the original Cinderella story the wicked stepsisters cut off their heels to fit their feet into the glass slippers? try reading that to a 5 yr old before bed guarantee they will never ask you to babysit again!
2007-01-29 06:39:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Humpty Dumpty wasn't about an egg either! Something else cracked in that story. Most of the nursery rymes are about something sinister are satyrical.
2007-01-29 06:37:42 · answer #5 · answered by Drew P 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
also look up the origination/ meaning of the rhyme
"ring around the rosie - pocket full of posies - ashes ashes they all fall down"
it's about the black plague or something like that - some disease caused red rings (rosies) on the skin - posies in the pocket were thought to ward off the disease - but they didn't; therefore all of the victims "fell down" dead and their bodies were burned to stop the spread of the disease - (ashes ashes...)
either black plague, TB or something - i can' t quite recall -
but to answer your question "yes"
2007-01-29 06:39:34 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you research some of the early ones you will find that they are quite violent and gruesome. Check out the original Grimm tales.
2007-01-29 06:38:24 · answer #7 · answered by Nonnie 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I never found any nursuery rhymes as a child really sick or anything, but it is interesting to look at them with an adult mind. Pretty strange, agreed.
2007-01-29 06:38:34 · answer #8 · answered by Morugan 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well I know the Grimm brothers fairy tales are meant to have a deeper, and sometimes darker meaning. I take it as a grain of salt. It's not that important.
2007-01-29 06:37:49 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Old Mother hubbard went to her her cupboard to fetch the poor dog a bone, went she bent over, that's when Rover took over. That's why the Diceman had so much fun.
2007-01-29 06:42:01 · answer #10 · answered by BigJake418 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yeah
2007-01-29 06:37:48 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋