![]() Here it is.: `It should come as no surprise that nursery rhymes are full of sex, death and cruelty.' Now, really, that does come as somewhat of a surprise to me. CHRIS ROBERTS (Author, "The Reason Behind the Rhyme"): Thank you.ĮLLIOTT: I want to read the first line from the introduction in your book. It's called "Heavy Words Lightly Thrown: The Reason Behind the Rhyme." He joins me now from our London bureau. Now he's compiled those tales into a book. London librarian Chris Roberts was moonlighting as a walking tour guide when he discovered that nursery rhymes had juicy histories. Who knew? And "Sing a Song of Sixpence"? It's about King Henry VIII and his break from the Catholic Church. ![]() ![]() "Baa, Baa Black Sheep" is actually a protest against taxation. ![]()
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