Nursery Rhymes and how messed up alot of them really are

does anyone think itsy bitsy spider is about touture? just repeating it over and over again?

the original lyrics....

Oh, the blooming, bloody spider went up the spider web,
The blooming, bloody rain came down and washed the spider out,
The blooming, bloody sun came out and dried up all the rain,
And the blooming, bloody spider came up the web again

 

Jack and Jill is about a guy who's head is smashed in. Fun.

 

I do too xD

We have one in my language about a bunch of kids going through an archway in the forest and then the last one to go through's head gets chopped off, I mean there was even a game about it, so much fun xD

It sounds better in afrikaans just FYI.

Koljander, koljander so deur die bos, my ma en pa maak lekker kos. Die kinders verstik aan 'n druiwe tros, die laaste een se kop word af gekap.

Translation: Koljander Koljander, goes through the bush. my mom and Dad packs delicious food. Die children choke on a bundle off grapes and the last one's head gets chops off!

 

Anybody ever heard of the ice cream song, Recall That Ice Cream Truck Song? We Have Unpleasant News For You : Code Switch : NPR

 

I'm surprised nobody's said this one yet, so I will.

Lizzy Borden took an axe
And gave her mother forty whacks
After she saw what she had done
She gave her father forty one

It's about an unsolved nineteenth century axe murder if you didn't notice.

 

Yep, this is the Cindarella story I grew up with. The first sister cut off her big toe to fit the shoe and the Prince realized she wasn't the right girl when he saw the bleeding. The second sister cut off her heel and repeat. I didn't see the Disney version until I was practically a teenager and my little sister was watching it.

On the topic of nursery rhymes, the most popular lullaby in my native language is about a mother calming her child to sleep before she abandons it out in nature to die.

 

The nursery rhyme rub a dub dub three men in a tub is about syphyllis when people first got it they would put them in A tub of mercury to cure them of the disease . Needless to say it was ineffective.

 

Oh I forgot about One of the creepiest nursery rhyme in my language again too XD

Afrikaans Version and English translation.

Siembamba

Siembamba, mama se kindjie,
Siembamba, mama se kindjie,
--draai sy nek om, gooi hom in die sloot;
trap op sy kop dan is hy dood.

Siembamba, ek is 'n baba,
Siembamba, ek is 'n baba
--pas my veilig op in die nood,
sus my liefies op die skoot.

Siembamba, ek is 'n seuntjie,
Siembamba, ek is 'n seuntjie
maar jy sal sien ek is net nou groot;
slaan maar orige kerels dood.

Siembamba, ek is 'n jonkman,
Siembamba, ek is 'n jonkman
--tel my nou maar af van die skoot;
ek slaan self die kerels dood.

Siembamba, ek is getroud nou,
Siembamba, ek is getroud nou
--maar sy dink ek is nog op die skoot,
wil nie glo nie ek is groot.

Siembamba, Almal is babas
Siembamba, Almal is babas.
--al die mans is danig groot--
almal babas tot hul dood.

English:

Siembamba

Siembamba, Mummy's little child,
Siembamba, Mummy's little child,
-- twist his neck, chuck him in the ditch;
stomp on his head then he's dead.

Siembamba, I'm a baby,
Siembamba, I'm a baby,
-- keep me safe when danger threatens,
rock me lovingly on the lap.

Siembamba, I'm a little boy,
Siembamba, I'm a little boy,
but you'll see I'll soon be big;
may as well kill the other fellows now.

Siembamba, I'm a young man,
Siembamba, I'm a young man,
-- you can let me off the lap now;
I'll kill the other fellows myself.

Siembamba, I'm married now,
Siembamba, I'm married now,
but she thinks I'm still on her lap,
doesn't believe I'm big now

Siembamba, all are babies,
Siembamba, all are babies,
-- even if the men are rather big --
all are babies till they die.