What is with all our nursery rhymes?

zaki

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Like they all have these morbid & stuff. Ring around the rosie is supposed to be about the Bubonic Plague & how they used to cremate the bodies & stuff. Then there's Jack & Jill which I've heard is supposed to about people having an affair. Plus, IDK if this is what it's really about but read "The Cat & The Fiddle" & see what you think.

'Hey diddle diddle,
the cat & the fiddle,
the cow jumped over the moon,
the little dog laughed at all the fun
& the dish had it's way with the spoon.'

There's also the alternative version.

'Hey diddle diddle, the cat & the fiddle,
the cow jumped over the moon,
the little dog laughed to see such sport
& the dish ran away with the spoon'.

Either way, now that I'm older it sounds a little different to me than when I was a kid, but maybe that has something to do with how everyone is always telling me to get my head out of the gutter, lol. What do you think? ^_^
 
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