On our way to work this morning, Dan and i had a deep and meaningful conversation, lol about.... Nursery Rhymes. Can you believe it? Haha It was a complete crack up, and something that i had never even considered before. :-) Now this is me going off on one of my many random tangents that i sometimes tend to do, but hey, have you ever thought about it? :-)
Let's see, the more we talked about each Nursery Rhyme, the more we realised that they are actually about getting hurt, or harmed in some way or another! And we are singing these to kids? Haha Funny. Let me give you some examples of what we talked about.
1. The ultimate Classic Nursery Rhyme - Rock a bye baby.
Yep, you all know how it goes... :-)
Rock a bye baby On the tree top
When the wind blows the cradle will rock
When the wind blows the cradle will rock
When the bow breaks the cradle will fall
and down will come baby, cradle and all!
What is with that? What in the world is a baby doing in a tree top, and falling down???? lol
Next....
2. Jack and Jill
Jack and Jill went up the hill
to fetch a pail of water
Jack came down and broke his crown
and Jill came tumbling after
Lovely isnt it? A boy and girl rolling down a hill and busting their skulls open. :-) What a lovely image!
3. Little Miss Muffet
Little Miss Muffet sat on her tuffet
Little Miss Muffet sat on her tuffet
Eating her curds and wey
when along came a spider
and sat down beside her
and frightened miss muffet away!
Seriously? I dont know about you, but i absolutely hate spiders, and most little kids i know do, too! haha
4. And lastly (i could keep going!!!) Humpty Dumpty.. but you get the picture.
Humpty Dumpty Sat on a wall
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall
All the kings horses and all the kings men
couldnt put humpty together again!
The poor little egg... see, hurting himself! Broken into a million pieces....
So, is it just me, or are they wierd? Haha Dont get me wrong, i do know there are some great nursery Rhymes out there, but its just interesting to see the ones, (and good for a laugh!) that are singing about hurting themself. Hehe
Yep... you dont have to tell me twice... we are weird. But that's how i like it. ;-)
Yep... you dont have to tell me twice... we are weird. But that's how i like it. ;-)
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you're right. Nursery rhymes are usually on the dark side. I had a book of them as a child, and I remember crying looking at the picture of Old Mother Hubbard who was looking in her bare cupboard for a bone for her poor, sad, little dog. :-( The picture showed a tear in his eye.
If you enjoy conversations about nursery rhymes, you should read A Garden To Keep, a book by Jamie Langston Turner. haha
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