The Horror, The Horror…of Traditional Children's Songs

by Tommy Paley

Tommy Paley
The Bigger Picture
Published in
5 min readJun 5, 2019

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Parents have been singing traditional children’s songs to their little ones for generations to cheer them up, to calm them and to ease them into a deep sleep (one can hope).

We love these songs, we cherish them, and we quietly sing the lyrics of these songs even as an adult male in our mid-40s when gazing off into the…

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Tommy Paley
The Bigger Picture

I write creative non-fiction, humorous and random short stories, unique and tasty recipes and fiction involving odd and funny relationships. I also love cheese.