Like Ring Around The Rosie for example.

How "Ring around the Rosie" refers to the Bubonic Plague? How "Humpty Dumpty" refers to a Cannon who was blown up in a battle? How "Baa,Baa,Black Sheep" either refers to the slave trade or the wool tax? How "London Bridge is falling down" refers to child sacrifice,or a viking attack in which a bridge was

In music, we have to make up a song with the tune of a nursery rhyme. My friend made up a song like this: Ring around the rosie Everybody knows me They jealous, they jealous because they can’t be me that is in the tune of ring around the rosie. If you know any songs

In almost every scary movie or t.v. show, you will hear young children singing nursery rhymes (like Ring Around the Rosie and Rock a Bye Baby, ect.) I know I’m not the only one that has noticed this, and I’m wondering why people associate nursery rhymes with scary movies/shows.

Listening to my kid’s CD today and realized how funky the lyrics were. Ring around the rosie and London Bridge… Jack and Jill…. EEP. LoL I know what they all mean (most have to do with history…ex Black Plague) But why do we still sing them to our kids? Thanks Emina! What an awesome answer!

i want to know why nursery rhymes like the Ring around the Rosie’s (the plague), london bridge is falling down (exactly as it sounds) rock a-by baby (falling babies) and many more are about death?

Take for example: ring around the Rosie and Rub a dub dub 3 men in a tub? What are we trying to teach our children?

How "Ring around the Rosie" refers to the Bubonic Plague? How "Humpty Dumpty" refers to a Cannon who was blown up in a battle? How "Baa,Baa,Black Sheep" either refers to the slave trade or the wool tax? How "London Bridge is falling down" refers to child sacrifice,or a viking attack in which a bridge was

I would like to find more rhymes that have rather scary meaning, for example ‘Ring Around the Rosie’.

I want to search for some creepy musicals and of nursery rhymes. I already know Sweeney Todd, Into The Woods and the Three Penny Opera for musicals and Ring around the Rosie for Nursery Rhymes.