Angeline's Blog

Do you realise how some nursery rhymes are strangely morbid and depressing?

It seems as though the nursery rhymes try to blind people with cheery notes and rhymes that people don't notice their true meanings.

For instance, the forever popular Rock-A-Bye-Baby.

Now, what do you think happens to lil ol' baby when the cradle comes crashing down?

Something not very happy.

And people wonder why babies wont shut up when you sing them lullabies.

Next up, Jack and Jill.

Jack and Jill went up the hill
To fetch a pail of water.
Jack fell down and broke his crown,
And Jill came tumbling after.

The second verse of the rhyme is less commonly performed:

Up Jack got and home did trot
As fast as he could he fell back down;
And went to bed to mend his head
With vinegar and brown paper.

A pair of uncoordinated siblings falling down from a mountain. And mending your head with vinegar and brown paper? Jeez. Doctors will be spinning in their graves.

There are lots and lots more. The old woman who lives in a shoe who whipped little underfed kids. Poor ol' Georgie Porgie who couldn't make friends and resorted to kissing girls. Humpty Dumpty smashed into pieces.

The nursery rhyme that really pisses me off isn't really morbid, but irritating nonetheless.

Row, row, row your boat,
Gently down the stream.
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,
Life is but a dream.

Great way to tell kids that life is just great, right? Note the sarcasm.

If people think media is making kids warped, they should seriously look into these nursery rhymes they play on tape for little kiddies everyday.