What’s a song/rhyme where the og is darker than the version you learned? (1 Viewer)

[Ahsoka]

There’s one I can think of. As a kid I thought it went “It’s raining, it’s pouring, and all the games are boring.” I don’t remember when I learned the og but it goes, “It’s raining, it’s pouring, the old man is snoring. He bumped his head and he went to bed and he couldn’t get up in the morning.” Which definitely seems a lot darker than games being boring

 

[RandAlThor]

There’s one I can think of. As a kid I thought it went “It’s raining, it’s pouring, and all the games are boring.” I don’t remember when I learned the og but it goes, “It’s raining, it’s pouring, the old man is snoring. He bumped his head and he went to bed and he couldn’t get up in the morning.” Which definitely seems a lot darker than games being boring

at least he is snoring .. so it a long nap.

 

[Dreamer_of_Songs]

Ring Around the Rosie

 

[Ahsoka]

Ring Around the Rosie

True

 

[Villains]

rockabye baby ?

 

[Yuzuru]

Jack and Jill, Old McDonald had a farm, Ring-A-Rosie’s there’s more but those are coming to my mind.

 

[Yerichu]

Jack And Jill
London Bridge Falling Down
Ring around the Rosie
Humpty Dumpty

 

[Pirioca]

There's a short German Nursery Rhyme called 'Maikäfer, flieg (Maybug, Fly)'. It was still a rather popular lullaby when I was a child.

English Translation:

Maybug, fly,
Your father is at war,
Your mother is in Pomerania,
Pomerania is burnt down!
Maybug, fly.

Maykäfer, flieg! - Germany

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