Do parents honestly say these anymore?
Ding, Dong, Dell
Ding, dong, dell,
Pussy’s in the well.
Who put her in?
Little Johnny Thin.
Who pulled her out?
Little Tommy Stout.
What a naughty boy was that,
To try to drown poor pussy cat,
Who never did him any harm,
And killed the mice in his father’s barn.
Goosey Goosey GanderGoosey, goosey
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Oh I had a little chickie
And he wouldn't lay an egg
So I poured hot water
Up and Down his leg
And the little chickie cried
And the little chicke begged
And the little chickie laid a hard boiled egg.
My stepdad (E.V.I.L) thought that was the funniest song ever. It clearly tells you about his personality.
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*looks warily at siblings who are still in the family and kinda batshit crazy*
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But I did have Three Blind Mice.
(And once: Three vision impaired rodents.)
My book of nursery rhymes included Who Killed Cock Robin, but we never read that one.
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There is an old book,by a famous pyschologist, Bruno Bettelheim,(pretty sure it was him, but I didn't check it out)that explores the psychology of fairy tales. I think it's called, The Uses of Enchantment. I read it a lonnnng time ago, and found it interesting.
Laurie
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Alouette, gentille Alouette
Alouette je te plumerai
Pulling feathers off of sweet little birds. How comforting for kids. Or, um, not?
And then there's "Rock A Bye Baby", which is all about a cradle falling out of the top of a tree. That one was definitely political, but still nothing you'd really want to sing to a baby.
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