Hello everyone and welcome back to most amazing top 10, Im you host Che Durena.
We all got songs that our parents would sing us when we were just little tikes running
around.
I think either that our you had those parents that would get you to listen to zeppelin and
tell you about the glory days.
It was the 1970s man, life was good, the people were free man!
Either way you at least know of some classic childrens songs but I bet not all of you know
the twisted hidden meanings behind a lot of these tunes.
So I have put together a list of some weird tracks and what those songs mean with todays
list of Top 10 Scary Meanings Behind Childhood Songs.
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10 Humpty dumpty
This ones a classic, we all know about the fat egg that was chillin on a wall then lost
his balance and took a fatal spill.
I mean just from that perspective it already sounds pretty grim.
I man whos already cursed to spend his life as an egg is probably trying to just enjoy
the view of a nice sunset when he tumbles to his death.
No matter how many of the kings horses and men come to help, they are unable to save
this poor man as he just dies on the spot.
Well the real meaning behind this little song is even darker.
Its believed that humpty dumpty wasnt a man or eggman at all but it was a cannon used
by the english during the english civil war.
It was atop a giant reinforced all and when that wall came tumbling down, so did old humpty
and so did the army behind the wall.
A little song for kids thats about a horrible loss and probably the death of hundreds.
Not so nice.
9 Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater
You guys know this one, Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater, had a wife but couldnt keep her, he
put her in a pumpkin shell and there he kept her very well.
Some dudes shoving ladies in pumpkins, right off the bat.
Gross.
Whenever your carving pumpkins for halloween the worst part is reaching your hand into
the guts of the pumpkin, it feels like vomit crossed with an uncomfortably long hug from
a relative.
Well apparently Peter wasnt just packing people into pumpkins as some sort of prank.
The wife he couldnt keep was because she was unfaithful and this sent peter into a rage
which lead to him killing his wife and stuffing her into a chimney.
I think they changed chimy to pumpkin because charlie charlie chimy chomper, isnt as catch.
This old tune was told to little girls as a warning to not be unfaithful unless you
want to end up as some gourd stew.
I wonder if theres another song telling little boys to not kill anybody.
8 Three Blind Mice
Three blind mice baby!
Its not bad enough being a blind mouse but you gotta chase after someones wife and get
your tale cut off while your at it.
The aged rhyme of three blind mice seems to follow a group of mice who get into a little
bit of trouble and pay a price for it.
But the history on this one is that its not about mice at all but 3 noble men back in
the 1500 under the rule of queen bloody mary.
Bloody mary is an infamous queen who was known for pushing the catholic faith so hard that
if you stood up against it she would just have you killed.
Nice lady.
This was taken so far that a few of her noblemen started plotting out against her, what sucks
for them is they were not creative enough.
Once the queen found out what they were doing she was pretty pissed so she had them dealt
with.
Your probably thinking she had them blinded.
Nope!
She had them burnt at the steak.
The reference to them being blind was probably talking about their lack of faith in the catholic
church, blind to god or something like that.
Im guessing the moral of the story is stay away from religious fanatics.
7 Mary Mary
Mary Mary Quite Contrary, how does your garden grow?
With silver bells and cockle shells and pretty maids in a row.
Its never good to have envy of your neighbour garden, you dont know whats going on inside
the house.
Their lawn might say healthy but their bedroom could say mirco-penis.
Well this song has absolutely nothing to do with gardens and its actually about Bloody
Mary who we just talked about in number 8.
She was the queen of england and as we stated before she had a big lady boner for the catholic
church and would try and kill anyone who stood out against it.
So the garden growing refers to the growing number of protestants that she would be murdering
constantly.
This chick was a definitely a BAMF, to kill so many people that theres multiple songs
written about how much you would merch people.
At end were it says silver bells and cockle shells, that might have been in reference
different tourture devices that were used on the protisents standing up against her.
I really dont want to know what the cockle shell was used for
6 Ring-a-ring of roses
Im more shocked to find out that this one doesnt go Ring AROUND the roses.
Thats how Ive been singing it my whole life.
Everything is a lie, I dont know who to trust.
I need to rethink everything I know and start from scratch.
Ok that was dramatic but lets move on the origin on this creepy song.
A lot of people think that this song is about the plague that hit london.
It wiped out a ton of people and the part in the song where it says Ashes Ashes We All
Fall Down might reference how they used to burn the bodies of plague infected people
in hopes to stop the spread of disease.
Perfect for a kids song.
I think Im gonna put out a kids song thats all about ebola and have a 6 minute long verse
about pooping blood.
Theres other people who think that this catchy tune might have been in reference to pegan
rituals.
I personally have no freaking idea but I think its safe to say that I wont be singing this
one to the kids Im nevr gonna have.
5 Rain Rain go away
Im about to blow your mind with the original version of rain rain go away.
Little do we all know is weve been singing a remixed version.
The original goes like Rain rain go away, come again another day, little johnny wants
to play, rain rain go to spain, never show your face again.
Boom, your mind just got blown!
When I first heard this I thought oh this is for sure some sort of racist thing, I mean
this song is old as hell and racism back then was as common as sunshine.
But its actually in reference to the attempted invasion of england by the spanish.
It was way back 1588 when the spanish had a massive naval fleet and they were going
to use it to smash england and basically become the worlds greatest power.
But what ended up happening is when they went to make this massive attack a huge storm hit
destroying one third of the spanish armada.
It was a huge L for the spanish people and it changed to course of history forever.
4 London Bridge is falling down
How come everytime I come around my london london bridge is coming down.
That fergie baby and she might be the greatest musical talent whoever lived.
Anyone who wants to challenge me on that Ill go to the mat for this.
Fergie is the GOAT.
But unfortunately this isnt a list of the best fergie songs of all time, which would
be impossible to do because all of Fergies songs are number one.
This is about the old nursery rhyme is apparently about how they would sacrifice kids when a
new bridge was built and bury their bodies at the base of the bridge.
Back in the olden times it was common practice to make child sacrifices to ensure that a
bridge would stand for a long time and be safe.
Apparently the ghost of the kids would watch over the bridge.
Who need good engineering when youve got ghost kids keeping a lookout of anything going wrong.
Like casper going to be hanging out like you see that there?
Thats black mold, really bad for the support beams.
3 Lady bug Lady Bug
Lady Lady fly away home, your house is on fire and your children gone, all except one
and her name is anne and she hid under the baking pan.
Who would sing this to their kids, might as well just sit down and watch red wedding with
them.
Yeah thats right honey, dont try and get married or someone will kill you and your whole family.
This unsettling anthem have a few different possibilities on what it could mean.
I might be reference to old farmers who would use lady bugs as a form of pest control.
But this is a top 10 scary list so I have a darker possibility for you.
The lady bug was a common symbol used by the pagans, so this song might have been about
how the chirstians were burning down pegan churches and home and it was time for the
pegan people to pack up shop and get the hell out of there.
The pagans got the short end of the stick back in the day.
2 Jack and Jill
The classic chant about a boy and a girl running up a hill to get some water and then one of
them falls and the other one follows suit.
I always thought this ditty was about to lovers trying to run off for some hanky panky somewhere
or it could have just been about to clumsy kids falling down hills as kids will occasionally
do.
But what the lyrics suggest is that jack and jill are actually in reference to king louis
the 16th and marie antoinette.
About how they ran France into the ground, then King Louis lost his crown with Jill came
tumbling after.
All the references about cracking his head could be the guillotine coming down to slice
their heads off.
I think maybe because the world was so harsh back then they would make songs about horrible
murders for kids and no one cared because you were probably gonna be dead in a week
anyways.
1 Goosey Goosey Gander
Goosey goosey gander with a dose thou wonder, upstairs and downstairs and here in the ladies
chamber, there I met an old man who would say his prayers, I took him by the leg and
threw him down the stairs.
This song is about how Catholic priest used to have to hide during the pordistant rule.
People would hide them in their homes and if they were caught they would be sent to
be hung or killed on the spot.
To think that Catholic priest used to actually be the nice guys.
Alright thats our list and im gonna wrap it up by answering some comments from our old
town road video.
Craig 45 wrote Haven't been here in a while.
Who is this Che Durena and what's he doing hosting Amazing top 10
Im the best there ever was or every will be, next question
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You got great taste John!
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