Had a wife but couldn’t keep her. Had another, didn’t love her, Up the chimney he did shove her. When it comes to nursery rhymes, especially those from England, they can be morbid, or at least not ...

We often think of nursery rhymes as comforting, soothing, or playful. But many of the most well-known children’s songs we grew up hearing actually have creepy backstories and dark origins. The lyrics ...