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Posted August 25, 2015
Just look, or listen...
Posted August 25, 2015
It's a song.
Posted August 25, 2015
What the holy fuck is that?! Paedophile's little children bait? That is terrifying.
Posted August 25, 2015
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Ghostbreed: Just look, or listen...
So much awesomeness
Posted August 25, 2015
Interesting.... *this* is somewhat related.
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darthspudius: What the holy fuck is that?! Paedophile's little children bait? That is terrifying.
Lol, where did you see that ? They happily sing a song about death of his daughter..
Post edited August 25, 2015 by Lin545
Posted August 25, 2015
Thats a very old song and one of the first english songs i learned. They thought that to us in school when i was 12 which means 23 years ago. And to this day i still remember the lyrics. The lyrics might be terrifying but what were you expecting from a culture where they chop heads and cut legs in child cartoons? Watch a bugs bunny cartoon and you will see what i mean :))

Btw, its a nice song nevertheless. I sing it to my 4 month old nephew.
Posted August 25, 2015
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Lin545: Interesting.... *this* is somewhat related.
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darthspudius: What the holy fuck is that?! Paedophile's little children bait? That is terrifying.
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Lin545: Lol, where did you see that ? They happily sing a song about death of his daughter..
Just a mild joke naturally. But look at it! lol not the song but the look of it!
Posted August 25, 2015
It was a parody song written in the 1800's during the gold rush about the death of a miner's daughter. It sounds gruesome today, but at the time, the infant and child mortality rate was very high and making jokes about it like this was fairly common. It later became something of a children's song, which again sounds gruesome, but compare it to other "traditional" children's songs and stories like Ring Around the Rosie (supposedly about the Black Plague) or Grimm's fairy tales (featuring murder, maiming and cannibalism) and it is really rather tame.
Posted August 25, 2015
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cogadh: It was a parody song written in the 1800's during the gold rush about the death of a miner's daughter. It sounds gruesome today, but at the time, the infant and child mortality rate was very high and making jokes about it like this was fairly common. It later became something of a children's song, which again sounds gruesome, but compare it to other "traditional" children's songs and stories like Ring Around the Rosie (supposedly about the Black Plague) or Grimm's fairy tales (featuring murder, maiming and cannibalism) and it is really rather tame.
Hehe, I used to love Grimm fairy tales when I was young. While true, that aspect was really good masked and gave somewhat good examples for youth about what is good and what is bad. Yes, they were very popular in Russia and ex-USSR.
Posted August 25, 2015
It's wrong.
Posted August 25, 2015
It is better:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXQ8WR5zRnE
Posted August 25, 2015
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bela555: It is better:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXQ8WR5zRnE
Any children's song without death and murder is better.
Posted August 25, 2015
First of all why would you think it is a childrens song? That is the first time I see anyone calling it that. And second, it is not a sad song, it is obviously some sort of parody or comedy. (boxes as shoes? come on...)
Posted August 25, 2015
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jamotide: First of all why would you think it is a childrens song? That is the first time I see anyone calling it that. And second, it is not a sad song, it is obviously some sort of parody or comedy. (boxes as shoes? come on...)
The video clearly says, Family Sing Along (or something like that), there are children singing along with the guy.
Not saying it's a song ENTIRELY for children, but it appears to be for all ages.
Posted August 25, 2015
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jamotide: First of all why would you think it is a childrens song? That is the first time I see anyone calling it that. And second, it is not a sad song, it is obviously some sort of parody or comedy. (boxes as shoes? come on...)
I first learned and sang it in kindergarten, nearly 40 years ago. It was part of my son's early childhood education as well. When it first appeared in the mid to late 1800's, it was a popular parody song, but over the years it has morphed into something different. It has been treated as children's nursery rhyme-type song for nearly a century now.
Post edited August 25, 2015 by cogadh
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