It took me until I was singing nursery rhymes to my own child, to realize how messed up Mother Goose was! As children, we must not have comprehended the actual lyrics of the verse or we would all be in therapy right now!~ Case and point:
"...when the bough breaks, the cradle will fall...." ~ that's comforting!
"...don't say a word, mama's gonna buy you..." ~ uh huh... bribery.. good lesson..
"...jack fell down and broke his crown..." ~ no wonder kids freak out when they fall down
"...couldn't put Humpty together again..." ~ poor Humpty
"...London bridge is falling down..."
"...she cut off their tail with a carving knife..." ~ no wonder I always felt sorry for those mice at the farm.
"...kissed the girls and made them cry..." ~ well, maybe that's a good lesson for little boys (speaking from experience in grade 3)
"...and frightened Miss Muffet away..." ~ that's why I'm freaked out about spiders!
ahh.. and the list goes on! Who'd of thought?
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