Top 5 Worst Kids Songs

Most kids songs are cute--but some are just wrong.

Momlogic's Momstrosity: In the world of well-worn kids' songs, there's the good, the bad, and the annoying. Those melodies and lyrics are so hardwired into our psyche, we don't even know the meaning of what we're singing.
We say -- stop the madness! Here are five songs that should be stricken from the most popular kids' song lists:
1) Rock-a-Bye Baby
Why this song is considered a lullaby is
anyone's guess. What it is, is a lawsuit waiting to happen. Who was the
manufacturer of that cradle? It obviously should be recalled before
more unsuspecting babies plummet to the ground. Lulling your child to
sleep with a tale of a shoddily constructed bed is like telling them
the Big Bad Wolf will be waiting for them in their dreams. Not advised.
2) I Love You, You Love Me (Sung by Barney to the tune of This Old Man)
Not
a traditional song, but on its way to becoming a kid standard. This
sickeningly sweet song is like eating cotton candy dipped in maple
syrup and arsenic. What's up with the line, "We're a happy family?"
Because last time we checked our family tree, it didn't include an
extinct purple PBS dinosaur. Then it just gets sad. "Won't you say you
love me too?" One lesson we should teach our kids right out of the
gate: Don't ask people if they love you. It makes you look pathetic.
The only time you should be asking is when you're drunk at a bar
nearing last call.
3) Five Little Monkeys Jumping On The Bed
What clown thought
a children's song about a bunch of monkeys jumping up and down on a bed
was a good idea? Sure, the mom comes in with her cautionary advice from
the doctor in the refrain: "No more monkeys jumping on the bed!" But
that doesn't stop the other monkeys -- or your kid -- from suffering
the very same concussion after whacking their heads on to the corner of
the nightstand. Hey, at least it's better than the much less popular
song, "Five Little Monkeys Light the Bed on Fire."
4) Ring Around The Rosy
The meaning of this song is anything but rosy. Sure it has that fun finale "we all fall down," but unfortunately -- since the lyrics are in reference to the Black Plague of 1665 -- everyone's falling because they're dropping dead. Here's a breakdown of a few lyrics:
Ring around the rosy
First symptom of the plague was red, rosy cheeks-- think about that the next time you brush on your L'Oreal mauve blush.
Pocket full of Posies
In a futile attempt to ward off the "black death," people would carry posie petals in their pockets--about the equivalent of a glass of Airborne -- totally useless.
Ashes, ashes we all fall down
A children's song that references a standard burial sermon? Hey kids, let's go to a funeral!
5) There's a Hole in the Bucket
First major problem of this traditional folk song is, it has no end -- kind of like housework. It incorporates something known as an infinite-loop motif -- which in layman's terms means singing it will make you go loopy. What's more, it's sung in an irritating, monotonous rhythm by two country bumpkins named Henry and Liza. The pair -- perhaps a dysfunctional married couple -- are trapped in a living hell over a broken bucket. After 17-plus refrains of this never-ending tune you'll feel like kicking the bucket yourself.
Lyrics:
Henry: There's a hole in my bucket, dear Liza, dear Liza, There's a hole in the bucket, dear Liza, a hole.
Liza: Well fix it, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry, well fix it, dear Henry, dear Henry, fix it.
Henry: With what shall I fix it, dear Liza, dear Liza, with what shall I fix it, dear Liza, with what?
Liza: With straw, dear Henry, dear Henry, dear Henry, with straw, dear Henry, dear Henry, with straw...
Sweet Lord! Liza and Henry -- get off your asses and go buy a new bucket -- you can get one at any 99-cent store.
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My position on kids music has always been simply not to allow it in my house. This might sound harsh, but my kids have grown up (they’re only 4 and 6, so we’re still in the process, of course) listening to what my wife and I listen to. I don’t even get why children’s music exists.
In fact, I just posted a thing on my blog about this exact subject. Check it out if you like: http://thereisnothingforyouhere.wordpress.com/2010/04/28/its-all-raffis-fault/
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What about “In Dublin’s Fair City” (Sweet Molly Malone) about a beautiful fishmonger who dies young of a fever and whose ghost haunts the town?
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I agree that the Barny song is sad and has pedopheliac undertones… “5 little monkies” isn’t a good example, and “ring around the Rosie,” and “Rock-a-bye babie” are just plain sick…
But “There’s a hole in the bucket” is a FANTASTIC song! Look at it this way: Henry knows there’s a problem and informs Liza about the problem… Liza spouts off thinking she’s so smart and Henry proves that he’s already thought of all of her suggestions. However, he was smart enough to let HER make the suggestions and realize their futility so that she would get back in the kitchen where she belongs and stop questioning his impeccable wisdom.
Also… I don’t believe that’s the accurate interpretation of “Ring around the rosie.”
They died with rosie cheeks, so people would pile all the corpses, and form a ring around the Rosie-cheeked corpses. They had pockets full of posies as funeral flowers (Not a protective ward)… the last verse “ashes, ashes, we all fall down” refers to the corpses being burned to try to destroy the disease. People accepted that “we all” will end up dying from this plague and sharing their fate.
Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day; show (teach) him how to catch fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.







The first one is NOT about the plague as it predates that. Also you’ve got the words quite wrong. For example the last line is “Atishoo, atishoo we all fall down.” I have never in my life heard any kids singing “ashes, ashes…”!