Rant of the Day: Creepy Nursery Rhymes

We've all grown up listening to nursery rhymes. Some of us actually remember all of the lyrics! But we sing creepy nursery rhymes to children, sometimes without realising it.  So here's a list of creepy rhymes.

Creepy Rhyme #1: Rock-a-bye Baby
Lyrics: Rock a bye, Baby
In the treetop,
When the wind blows the
Cradle will rock
When the bow breaks
The cradle will fall
And down will come baby,
Cradle and all
Creepy Factor: Read the lyrics again. First, the baby's in A TREE. So, we start a song off with some neglectful parents. And then the cradle falls from the tree, with the baby. Oh, yeah, I forgot to mention this song's about SIDS. Pleasant.

Creepy Rhyme #2: You Are My Sunshine
Lyrics: The other night, dear
As I lay sleeping
I dreamt I held you in my arms
But when I awoke dear,
I was mistaken
And I hung my head and cried

You are my sunshine,
My only sunshine,
You make me happy
When skies are gray
You'll never know, dear
How much I love you
Please don't take my
Sunshine away
Creepy Factor: It sounds like a mother was dreaming she was holding her baby, but when she woke up she was mistaken, and cried. So then the second verse says, "You'll never know dear/how much I love you/Please don't take my sunshine away/".  Another song about SIDS. Why do we sing these to children?

Creepy Nursery Rhyme #3: I Had A Little Bird
Lyrics: I had a little bird
His name was Enza
I opened the window
And In Flew Enza
Creepy Factor: Originally written in 1918 about the Spanish Flu. Take a look at the line, And in flew Enza. Say it out loud. Then again. Now you get it.

Creepy Nursery Rhyme #4: Ring Around the Roses
Lyrics: Ring around the rosies
Pockets full of posies
Ashes, ashes,
We all fall down
Creepy Factor: It's about plague. "Ring around the rosies" refer to the round, red rash that was one of the first symptoms of the Black Plague. "Pockets full of posies" refer to how people would place flowers around infected people, or to mask the smell of death. "Ashes, ashes" is a variation of the sound sneezing makes; sneezing was also a symptom of The Plague. "We all fall down" is a reference to the many dead. And we sang this as children.

Creepy Nursery Rhyme #5: There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly
Lyrics: There was an old lady who
Swallowed a fly
I dunno why
She swallowed a fly
Perhaps she'll die...
Creepy Factor: The unnamed lady swallows more and more things to get the things that supposed to get the fly. She dies in the end. A message about suicide, maybe?

Creepy Nursery Rhyme #6: London Bridge Is Falling Down
Lyrics: London Bridge is falling down
falling down, falling down
London Bridge is falling down
My fair lady

Take the key and lock her up,
lock her up, lock her up
Take the key and lock her up
My fair lady
Creepy Factor: Oh, noes! It looks like the bridge is falling! I know what we should do: let's take a 9-15 year old child and lock 'em in the bridge for good luck! No, seriously. Back in the day, people would take children and cement them into bridges for good luck because they believed the only way to keep a bridge up is by offering a child as a sacrifice to the gods. Historians say there was once a time where the bricks of London Bridge was bespattered with the blood of little children. Yikes! Historians also say that in the Great Wall of China, they found over 100,000 little childrens bodies buried within. D:

There was a teen who posted some rhymes
She posted the rhymes to send a message
I dunno why she posted the rhymes
They're kinda creepy.

And we sing 'em to children. Pleasant dreams!

Cheese Face out.

Things That Shoud Never Happen. Like EVER.

This is David Tennant. He plays the Tenth Doctor on Doctor Who. Squee.

This is David Tennant when he turned to the dark side*. The side with Daleks and Cybermen. Or stuff. Non-squee. NO! IT SHOULD NOT EVER HAPPEN. My first reaction was "what?" and then it turned to "Maybe the Daleks saw this picture and that's why they want to EXTERMINATE! him." And finally, "This is too serious for numbers" How could he do this to me?! In all the Who episodes he's in I just wanna go up to him and give him a big hug. He's THAT loveable. But when he does THIS?! This is unspeakable. Now he's left me confused. Tsk, tsk, Tennant.

My sisters, who are also Who fans, their reactions were much different than mine. Mini Cheeseface looked at the picture, went into denial, and then Gibbs' smacked me upside the head. Well. Then the little one was like, "I hate this!" and ran off.

I might write an angry email. But that's kinda stalkerish and creepy. No, I will save my anger. Because this must end. Right here. On this site.

EXTERMINATE!!!! EXTERMINATE!!!!! EXTERMINATE!!!!!!

Cheese Face out.

*He does not turn to the dark side on Who, thank God. The pic is from another movie he was in. Oh, God, no...

EDIT 24 JANUARY: Yeah, a few months back, I found out this movie is Fright Night the remake. And I still very much want to see it. Opinions change. Hypocrisy not included.