Most of the 1,000 or so American and British nursery rhymes that have come down through history are playful and silly nonsense, “Wee Willie Winkie runs through the town,/Upstairs and downstairs in his ...

LONDON, March 2 (UPI) -- A British historian claims traditional British nursery rhymes contain adult-themes and sexual references in his new book about the verses' origins. Chris Roberts, a social ...

A familiar nursery rhyme has had an update, putting the focus on the difficulties the farming community currently faces. Titled “E-I-E-I-Woe”, the song is a “protest” version of “Old Macdonald”, ...