I'll just stick with Cat in the Hat

More musings after spending time with a baby:

If you really think about nursery rhyme/kid song lyrics, it can get weird. For example:

It's raining; it's pouring.

The old man is snoring.

He went to bed and bumped his head,

And didn't wake up the next morning.

So what are we saying here - he died?

Then of course there's

Three blind mice, three blind mice,
See how they run, see how they run,
They all ran after the farmer’s wife,
Who cut off their tails with a carving knife,
Did you ever see such a thing in your life,
As three blind mice?

This is just gross.

And the creepiest:

Ring-a-round the rosie,
A pocket full of posies,
Ashes! Ashes!
We all fall down.

Because what nursery-age child doesn't want to learn about the Bubonic Plague. Truly.