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Children's songs are also often cruel. "Il etait un petit navire" tells the story of a young sailor about to be eaten because the ship ran out of food. "Sur le
by isolli 4y ago
Children's songs are also often cruel. "Il etait un petit navire" tells the story of a young sailor about to be eaten because the ship ran out of food. "Sur le pont du Nord" tells the story of a brother and a sister who ran off to a ball without their parents' approval and die when the bridge collapses. "Il etait une bergere" tells the story of a young shepherd who kills her mischievous cat in anger. These are examples from French folklore, but I would be surprised if it was different in other cultures.
- anthk 4y agoSpaniard here. You could be scared if you paid attention to what little girls actually sang in those songs made to play with hands and such. Killing depictions, mild sexual jokes... as nothing.
- kmote00 4y ago"London bridges falling down." "Ring around the Rosie... and we all fall down" (refers to the Great Plague of London in 1665) "Rockabye baby in the treetops" (eventually sent crashing to the ground by storm winds).
- leobabauta 4y agoSnopes disagrees with the plague theory: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ring-around-rosie/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ring-around-rosie/