A poem that gave me a chill when I heard it. "As I was going up the stair, I met a man who wasn't there! He wasn't there again today! I wish, I wish he'd stay away!"
I loved that poem as a child. It was in a book that my grandpa bought on the day he was told mum was pregnant. He died when I was 18 months old, so everything in that book was special to me. Thanks for reviving that memory for me.
I wonder whether "we" are too PC these days for that to happen? But, why not? It's a quirky way of telling of an event in history. It would be interesting to see what people would come up with if they did ??
Or as jen-z says it... Jack and Jill went up the hill to smoke some marijuana, Jack grabbed her thigh and said "you know you wanna" But stupid Jill forgot her pill, and now they have a son
Jack and Jill went up the hill, To smoke some Marijuana. Jack got high and touched her thigh, And said, "You know you wanna." Jill said yes, pulled up her dress, And then they had some fun. But silly Jill forgot the pill, So now they have a son.
"Johnny johnny, yes papa? Eating sugar no papa telling lies? No papa open your mouth hahaha" This tells a story of a dad that starved his child to death and he started with sugar
*yes papa. I’m eating sugar. I haven’t eaten in three days because you refused to feed me. Papa Papa Are you smoking? Telling lies? Yes! Because your a crack addict!*
Is anyone going to talk about Peter Pan😶💀 Peter Pan was a guy who would take small children and kill them when they grew up. Captain Hook was one who escaped and tried to warn other children
Also The Song Muffin man "Do you know The muffin man, The muffin man, The muffin man Do you know The muffin man who lives in Drury lane" This is actually a Song about England's first Serial killer, Forgot his name but he used to be a muffin seller at the time. He kills kids by tricking them to go get muffins in his shop, he also killed his rival shipowner too. Guess what he goes by the name of "The Drury Lane Dicer"
One that always creeped e out as a kid was It’s Raining, It’s pouring The old man is snoring He hit his head on the side of the bed And never woke up in the morning.
When I was young, my teacher used to sing "Rain, rain, go away" with the "go to Spain, never show your face again" lyric. I thought "Poor Spain, it must deal with all the unwanted rains in the world!".
Your poor innocent little mind. 😭 None of my teachers ever sang those lyrics, but when I DID learn that part, I had to question if Spain needed rain, or if we hated Spain.
I made a parody of that song about many guys raping and killing girls. It goes like this: This young man, grabbed my ass While he just sat there in the grass With a squeeze squeeze bang bang that'll do the trick! Don'tcha know he's such a dick!
Ladies and Gentlemen, skinny and stout, I’ll tell you a tale I know nothing about; The Admission is free, so pay at the door, Now pull up a chair and sit on the floor. One fine day in the middle of the night, Two dead boys got up to fight; Back to back they faced each other, Drew their swords and shot each other. A blind man came to watch fair play, A mute man came to shout “Hoorray!” A deaf policeman heard the noise and Came to stop those two dead boys. He lived on the corner in the middle of the block, In a two-story house on a vacant lot; A man with no legs came walking by, and kicked the lawman in his thigh. He crashed through a wall without making a sound, into a dry creek bed and suddenly drowned; The long black hearse came to cart him away, But he ran for his life and is still gone today. I watched from the corner of the big round table, The only eyewitness to facts of my fable; But if you doubt my lies are true, Just ask the blind man, he saw it too.
They're enough to give kids nightmares! I remember thinking that they rhymed, but didn't know what they meant. Now reading this, they were rather gross!
@susanthompson8962 Nursery rhymes were not meant for children. They were made up by baladiers who went from town to town telling stories. They had to be true stories or whose ever court they were in, they would be killed. The point being is these were not written for adults. I am not sure when they filtered down to the children.
Now that I think about it, humpty dumpty could be about a suicidal man who fell or jumped off of a building and his mangled body couldn't be put together/identified by paramedics or detectives. I have a dark mind I'm sorry
That one refers to Indians who would cradle their children and place them in trees and when the wind blew to hard, they would watch the children fall to their deaths...
actually rockabye baby's origin is that this famous lullaby is that it is about the son of King James II of England and Mary of Modena. It is widely believed that the boy was not their son at all, but a child who was brought into the birthing room and passed off as their own in order to ensure a Roman Catholic heir to the throne.
mary mary quite contary was not about torture methods, it was made by protestants to mock mary. 'how does your garden grow' was making fun of the fact she struggled to have a child, silver bells is about how she liked sombre music (church bells) and cockle shells is about how her husband was having many affairs which then was called cuckling. pretty maids all in a row is about how when she had many stillborn babies, she buried them in a row. i hope this helped
Ring around the rosy, A pocket full of posies, Ashes, Ashes, We all fall down, Ring around the rosy, A pocket full of posies, Atissue, Atissue, We all fall down. -------- The first verses meaning is: a ring of red rash on the skin, because of the plague. Pocket full of posies is because of a belief that the disease was carried by bad smells, so people carried herbs, flowers or like in the song, posies. Ashes ashes is for the cremation of bodies being burnt. And we all fall down is just we all fall down, that or it’s saying that the people are dead. And for the second verse it’s the same, except ashes ashes is turned into atissue atissue. Atissue, atissue represents the sound of someone sneezing, and in this case it’s someone getting sick. I wonder if anyone actually bothered to read this article that I’ve written XD.
Edenrose YT I read ( Great Job ) and also a fun ( not really ) fact is that God bless you came from the Black Death which is when you sneezed you and dead.
emmyneminemminem emmy no it's about a guy who was abused by his father and then got a muffin for every beating So he would lure kids with muffins, and assault, rape and kill themm
Suprised you didn’t add “London bridge is falling down”, legend has it, Ciel sang that that while destroying the london bridge...(Ps don’t spam me saying its fake I already know)
I know this comment is old, so maybe you just looked it up, but nonetheless... There's a couple of theories about the song. I always thought it was about the steady deterioration of the bridge and the attempts to fix it. I looked into this and found that this may be the case, but there's one other theory I like too. I'll get to that in a moment. Here's what I know about the bridge... I think the Old London Bridge was the only crossing on the Thames in London. It was damaged in a major fire in 1633. Is that the Great Fire of London?? It could be, I forget. In any case, the bridge needed expensive repairs. The new bridge was opened in 1831 and survived until it was replaced in 1972. It was then moved all the way to Arizona. So it's possible the rhyme is talking about the construction of the bridge. Build it up with sticks and stones, wood and clay, bricks and mortar, etc, are all mentioned in the more modern lyrics. But the song is much older than that, from what I know, which leads me to the next theory... It refers to a Viking attack that occurred sometime in the 1000s, where the bridge was burnt down. There's a bit of debate over this though, such as if it was the London Bridge (a very old version of it) that was mentioned, the song written is actually the same as London Bridge is Falling Down, and even if the event occurred at all. Given it was SO long ago, it's really hard to figure that out. I hope this information can help you out! There is a bit of history there, but not super dark. Although... There's a rumour that there were human remains in the London Bridge foundations... But I won't talk about that.
@@khwasongh I've heard that too. But there's no evidence to say that there was ever any people sacrificed, children or otherwise. There's a story about bones in the foundation, which I think ended up being a lie.
London bridge had houses and shops on it That was slum living and was one of the only ways over the river at the time It was made of wood the rotted then it started to collapse Hence the song
the origin of ¨London Bridge is Falling down¨ refers to when people were sealed away inside of the bridge as a sacrifice. the line that states this is forgotten: ¨Off to prison you must go, you must go, you must go. Off to prison you must go. My fair lady.¨ People sealed away over 80 people, alive, into the walls of the bridge. 5 of them were children to bring healthy youth and prosperity. The front of the bridge was used to display the severed heads of famous people that had died. They were placed onto spikes and put onto display for everyone to see. The lamp posts are Nepolions cannons melted down and shaped into the lamp posts. People also committed suicide off the side of the bridge, jumping off headfirst. One lady jumped feet first and broke both her legs before drowning in the water below. It is also said that the spirit of Jack The Ripper could be seen standing at the bottom of the bridge near the water. Though this cannot be proven to be Jack because no one could find out his identity.
Years ago, the late actor Jack Palance hosted "Ripley's Believe It Or Not" TV show...he did an explanation of Ring Around of Rosie, with the "ashes, ashes." part, not "achoo-achoo." THEN he recited it, with his inimitable voice. That gave me chills.
" johhny johnny, Yes Papa? Eating sugar? No Papa, Telling lies? No Papa, Open your mouth! Hahaha!" This shows a father stopping his child from eating thy sugar
One Summer day in the middle of the night, Two dead boys got up to fight. Back to back they faced each other Drew their swords and shot each other The deaf policeman heard the noise, And came and shot the two dead boys If you don’t believe my tale is true, Ask the blind man, he saw it too.
Ever heard this one? Some may kiss their friends goodbye, the birds may kiss the butterfly, the morning dew may kiss the grass but you my friend may kiss my beeeeeeeeeeeeeerp !!!
Ok, a lot I want to say: 1. I’ve never heard the term “go to Spain, never show your face again” in “Rain, Rain, Go Away” 2. Never heard of Goosey Goosey Gander 3. I didn’t know there was a second part after “Jill came tumbling after” 4. A theory I have is that maybe the 3 Blind Mice are the real Bloody Mary. Since you’re supposed to say “Bloody Mary” 3 times into the mirror hence there were 3 mice and close your eyes hence the blind part.
@@The_Tenmas_have_my_soul it’s a nursery rhyme where it goes like, “Ladybug, ladybug, fly away home. You’re house is on fire, and you’re children are gone” That’s all I know about it. I didn’t know about it until I was in the 4th or 5th grade
Lizzie Borden skip rope rhyme. “Lizzie Borden took an axe. Gave her mother 40 whacks. When she saw what she has done. Gave her father 41.” That is literally talking about MURDER! Edit: I am going to explain what was believed to happen. Her ‘mother’ was actually her stepmother. She gave her WAY less than 40 whacks. Also, she gave her father WAY less than 41 whacks. Also, it is unknown what ACTUALLY happened to the Borden parents. But hey! That’s just a theory! A NURSERY RHYME HISTORY THEORY! edit 2: She gave her step-mother 13 whacks and have her father 11 whacks. Thank you to Armor Luna for the information on that.
In my childhood I actually have bad feelings when I watched cartoons and sing nursery rhymes. That gut feeling that something is wrong. I've felt that.
Same.. My cousin plays ring around the rosie and she always wants me to play with her so I do.. I hate the part where it says- "Ashes, Ashes... And we all fall DOWN!" It just sounds wrong.
Not the great fire of London. This occurred hundreds of years before. The part stating "my fair lady", actually refers to the Queen (at that time), Queen Eleonore?
As a child (I was like 6) the “ladybug ladybugfly away home, your house is on fire” gave me a big fear that my house would catch fire whenever I left for a while
Ah! The full song is “ladybird Ladybird fly away home your house is on fire and your children are gone all except one and her name is Anna she is hidden under the frying pan”
@@isabell2579 This nursery rhyme the lady bird has been used as a code for the Catholic term "our lady" which means mother Mary, her children are the catholics . This rhyme Is about the Catholic persecution in England.
My Grandmother (1899-1999) forbade us children from singing Ring Around The Rosie. Our version was Ring around the Rosie, a pocket full of posies, a tissue, a tissue, we all fall down. She said it was from when the Spanish flu hit and brought back bad memories for her.
I have a dark origin! The old man in “It’s raining It’s pouring” is *dead* he got hit by stop sign and passed out. the “It’s raining It’s pouring” Was the *tears* of the mourning. Here’s the messed up version of it “It’s raining, It’s pouring. The *tears of the mourning.* The old man was *dead.* Because a stop sign hit his HEAD.”
I think the original british version for ring around the rosie says A-tishoo instead of ashes, where A-tishoo is actually an alternative to achoo which signified the cold symptoms they showed with the black death
That's what I said and then the song came up. I had recently been reading a book called the kiss of death and it explained how the song mocked those that had caught and died from the Black Death 💀
Alpacas Game Too I remember hearing both as a child and thinking achoo made sense with falling down.....until I heard ashes. I'm starting to believe the reason I had explicitly gruesome, detailed nightmares in childhood and up to this day has to do with damn nurses rhymes and creepy Disney movies!!!!!!!
Fun fact: when the kids in my school learned what "ring around the rosie" was about at recess we would all gather and skip around the teachers singing and throwing ourselves on the ground at the end
I was told this meaning at six years old by my brother (( hes the type who dosent care how you feel they just want you to be terrified and scared.)) And i always cried whenever they did it
Margaret Schultz jack and Jill went up the hill so jack could lick her candy but jack got a shock and a mouthful of cock cause jills real name is RANDY!
Ok so because this vid got the origin of j&j WRONG I'm putting the real one here. J&j is kind like Romeo and Juliet. They were 2 people who were not allowed to be together so they used to sneak out to see eachother. When Jake took Jill's virginity Jill's dad took Jake's life. When Jill found out she killed herself
Even "Lizzie Borden took an ax and gave her mother 40 wacks,And when she saw what she had done she gave her father 41",Why wasn't it listed.The nursery rhyme has a dark story too and about a murderer named Lizzie Borden.The ax part of the rhyme is quite terrifying.
I searched up the lyrics about "ring around the rosie" and i found this; "Ring-a-ring-a-rosies A pocket full of posies A tissue, a tissue We all fall down The king has sent his daughter To fetch a pail of water A tissue, a tissue We all fall down The robin on the steeple Is singing to the people A tissue, a tissue We all fall down The wedding bells are ringing The boys and girls are singing A tissue, a tissue We all fall down"
yeah that sounds right ro me. i've never heard the ashes version and it's always been a tissue (or atichoo - sneezing sound) for me. it still has the same result, a tissue or a sneeze was basically a symptom of the plague and you die in the end.
jack and Jill went up the hill to smoke some marijuana. Jack got high and grabbed her thigh and said "you know you wanna". Jill said yes lifted up her dress and then they had some fun. But silly Jill forgot her pill and now they have a son. Edit:HOLY FUCK THANKS FOR ALL THE LIKES
Humpty Dumpty might also be a king. "All the king's horses and all the king's men" why would "all" of the king's military might would bother solving Humpty's problem? Maybe a king (Humpty Dumpty) made a bad decision that led to the downfall of his kingdom.
There are many guesses about this, since Humpty Dumpty was a common jibe at fat men from Tudor times onward. But the author here does give the most probable answer. The big fat cannon that fell from the church tower in Colchester. Charles I was a staunch Catholic, most of England was Protestant and there was the Civil War. The Protestants who supported Parliament (the Roundheads) attacked the King and his Cavaliers at Colchester. Initially the King held the city, because the cannon was wreaking havoc, but the cannon fell and broke apart and Charles ended up losing the war with Parliament and ultimately his life.
Rock-a-bye baby On the treetop When the wind blows The cradle will rock When the bough breaks The cradle will fall And down will come baby Cradle and all Rock-a-bye baby On the treetop When the wind blows The cradle will rock When the bough breaks The cradle will fall And down will come baby Cradle and all
This nursery rhyme the lady bird has been used as a code for the Catholic term "our lady" which means mother Mary, her children are the catholics . This rhyme Is about the Catholic persecution in England.
"Nursery rhymes are said, verses in my head. Into my childhood they're spoon fed. Hidden violence revealed, darkness that seems real. Look at the pages that cause all this evil"
Many of us heard 'London Bridge' as a child, but have never heard the full version. Here is the full version; London Bridge is falling down, falling down, falling down. London Bridge is falling down, My Fair Lady. So I said to myself, we'll build it up with Wood and Clay. Build it up with Wood and Clay, Wood and Clay, Wood and Clay. Build it up with Wood and Clay, My Fair Lady. Wood and Clay will was away, wash away, wash away. Wood and Clay will Wash Away, My Fair Lady. So then I said to myself, we'll build it up with Brick and Mortar. Build it up with Brick and Mortar, Brick and Mortar, Brick and Mortar. Build it up with Brick and Mortar, My Fair Lady. Brick and Mortar will not stay, will not stay, will not stay. Brick and Mortar will not stay, My Fair Lady. So I said to myself, we'll build it up with Iron and Steel. Build it up with Iron and Steel, Iron and Steel, Iron and Steel. Build it up with Iron and Steel, My Fair Lady. Iron and Steel will bend and bow, bend and bow, bend and bow. Iron and Steel will bend and bow, My Fair Lady. So then I said to myself, we'll build it up with Silver and Gold. Build it up with Silver and Gold, Silver and Gold, Silver and Gold. Build it up with Silver and Gold, My Fair Lady. Silver and Gold will be stolen away, stolen away, stolen away. Silver and Gold will be stolen away, My Fair Lady. So London Bridge will fall and tumble, fall and tumble, fall and tumble. So London Bridge will fall and tumble, My Fair Lady.
Who else has a habit of watching stuff like this late at night and early in the morning? I don’t know why, but I love to get scared. I am a very dark and gory person. And yet I grew up with happy Disney movies. I’ve now grown to like horror stuff now.
London bridge something to do with people being locked up under the bridge and other people sealing it up with bricks... something like that... Right??
When vikings raided England, soldiers were on the bridge to defend against the vikings sailing up Thames. That was not a good idea, because the vikings threw hooks to the bridge and pulled the whole bridge in to the river.
I've heard that it was written after putting children into to wall while building the bridge in hopes that building children in the bridge would keep it up
When I was a kid I always remember singing "It's raining. It's pouring. The old man is snoring. He went to bed and he bumped his head, And he didn't wake up in the morning." Like how creepy is that!?
"It's raining, it's pouring, The old man is snoring, He bumped his head, he went to bed, He didn't wake up in the morning." I mean, like, he could have got a concision and went to sleep (not waiting 2 hours), so he went into a coma, and died in the coma!?
Maybe he just woke up in the afternoon. He was probably out of it for a lot longer than he would normally sleep, so you never know. (I'm not serious btw)
What about oh my darling clementine? Oh my darling, oh my darling Oh my darling, Clementine You were lost and gone forever Dreadful sorrow, Clementine In a cavern, in a canyon Excavating for a mine Dwelt a miner forty-niner And his daughter, Clementine Yes I loved her, how I loved her Though her shoes were number nine Herring boxes, without topses Sandals were for Clementine Oh my darling, oh my darling Oh my darling, Clementine You were lost and gone forever Dreadful sorrow, Clementine Drove the horses to the water Every morning just at nine Hit her foot against a splinter Fell into the foaming brine Ruby lips above the water Blowing bubbles soft and fine But alas, I was no swimmer So I lost my Clementine Oh my darling, oh my darling Oh my darling, Clementine You were lost and gone forever Dreadful sorrow, Clementine You are lost and gone forever Dreadful sorrow, Clementine
"Mary, Mary quite contrary" means that Mary wans different form her brother Edward and her father Henry VIII because they were for Protestants where Mary was completely against it. "How does your garden grow" was people making fun of Mary because she was not able to have a child. "With cockle shells" is them mocking her because her husband Philip of Spain was known for having affairs. "And silver bells" is basically just because Mary loved the sound of the church bells ringing. "And pretty maids all in a row" is because when she had a miscarriage it was always a girl and after she gave birth to her dead daughter she would bury them in a row. The Protestants of England wrote and sung this nursery rhyme because they could not go up an do something to hurt Mary for they would be beheaded or burned at the stake. So they made this to make her feel bad about herself and to hurt her mentally.
lotso Campbell Henry the 8th was a very devoted catholic. Edward was Protestant, when he died Mary took the throne and wanted to return everyone back to Catholicism but when she died queen Elizabeth had been raised Protestant and returned to everyone back to Protestant beliefs.
you are quite true my friend. life is kind of worthless when you think of it. but also, you forgot one nursery ryhme. the nursery rhyme called, my sunshine. please dont take my Sunshine away. the person you love is dying and you don't want death to take them.
I'm English and the song for "rain rain go away" Went like this for me: "Rain rain go away, and never come back again," "An old man bumped his head, and never woke up again." Rain rain go away, and never come back again, Little Johnny wants to play, rain rain go away."
Nursery Rhymes Updated for the 21st Century. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall Humpty Dumpty had a great fall The structure of the wall was incorrect So he won ten grand with Claims Direct. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It's raining, it's pouring Of course it's global warming. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jack and Jill went into town To fetch some chips and sweeties Now he can't keep his heart rate down And she's got diabetes. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Georgie Porgie pudding and pie Kissed the girls and made them cry When the boys came out to play He kissed them too coz he was gay. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Mary had a little lamb It ran into a pylon 10,000 volts went up its arse And turned its wool to Nylon.
I came to this video from a London bridge is falling down lyric video with Ciel lol Edit: If ur interested its a nightcore of the song by xenobiotic nightcore I listen to it to fall asleep😅
What about "Oh my darling clementine?" Oh my darling, oh my darling Oh my darling, Clementine You were lost and gone forever Dreadful sorrow, Clementine In a cavern, in a canyon Excavating for a mine Dwelt a miner forty-niner And his daughter, Clementine Yes I loved her, how I loved her Though her shoes were number nine Herring boxes, without topses Sandals were for Clementine Oh my darling, oh my darling Oh my darling, Clementine You were lost and gone forever Dreadful sorrow, Clementine Drove the horses to the water Every morning just at nine Hit her foot against a splinter Fell into the foaming brine Ruby lips above the water Blowing bubbles soft and fine But alas, I was no swimmer So I lost my Clementine Oh my darling, oh my darling Oh my darling, Clementine You were lost and gone forever Dreadful sorrow, Clementine You are lost and gone forever Dreadful sorrow, Clementine
Its pouring its pouring The old man is snoring He bumped his head And went to bed and couldn't get up in the morning I realized at 27 this man probably had a friggin concussion and died
There was a crooked man and he walked a crooked mile, he found a crooked sixpence upon a crooked stile. he bought a crooked cat, which caught a crooked mouse and they all lived together in a little crooked house the original can be found here and this too has a dark origin:www.quotev.com/story/3012617/There-was-a-Crooked-Man/1/ please read i didn't put it up for no reason!!
I got a rhyme for COVID 19 my friend made up: She drank a bottle of Corona, Corona From her husband who tried to spoil her, She disappeared the next day, On a hospital bed she passed away
It's raining, it's pouring, The old man is snoring. He went to bed, And bumped his head, And couldn't get up in the morning. The old man died in his sleep after bumping his head. No wonder it's said that don't go to sleep right after bumping your head. You may not wake up. Very harmful for the brain.
Jack and Jill Went up the hill To fetch a pail of water Jack fell down And broke his crown And Jill started screaming and crying because Jack had broken his fucking skull open and there was blood and brains everywhere and Jack wasn't quite dead yet so Jill had to put him out of his misery with her fucking boot and it was disgusting because she had shitloads of grey matter and blood-caked hair on her boot and *wretch* augh this is a terrible fucking nursery rhyme my kids are gonna hate me
Jack and Jill Went up the hill To fetch a pail of water Jack fell down And broke his crown And contaminated the town's water supply with his rotting body, poisoning the entire village and killing off everyone
Lol I remember going to my old daycare, and singing all of these rhymes. And it felt like I was the only one that actually understood them. One that we would always sing, was something like this, “The old man bumped his head, fell out of his head, and didn’t wake up in the morning.” Like what did the old man do, die? And when we did ring around the rosy, I wouldn’t fall down with the rest of the kids, I would stay standing, because I understood the rhyme. But it would just astound me, how everyone was singing these dark topics, happily. 😂
Jack and Jill Went up the hill To fetch a pail of water But Jack got high and unzipped his fly and said ''Jill if you wanna'' Jill said " Yes " Took off her dress Just to have a little fun But stupid Jill forgot the pill and now they have a son !!
