Nursery Rhymes Rock

Nursery Rhyme Rock

Nursery Rhymes were often a reflection of the culture and mores of
the time when they first surfaced as popular songs which
thenbecame childhood favourites.  Parents could have a laugh while
entertaining their kids.  The classic "Oranges and Lemons" nursery
rhyme was a good example of this.  I say "was" - do schools still
teach these?
Here is an interesting site which explains all about this:
Nursery Rhymes - Lyrics and Origins!
http://www.rhymes.org.uk/index.htm
 
and here is more information about Oranges and Lemons, a song
about torturers amongst other things!: 
 
I watched the science fiction film "Demolition Man" this week -
there the TV advertisement jingles from the 1990's were the
popular songs of 2032  - a nice way to get product placements in
the film if nothing else.  A good fun film with Sandra Bullock,
Sylvester Stallone and especially Nigel Hawthorne at his hammy
best.