The eighteenth century nursery rhyme "Oranges and Lemons" starts out pleasantly enough as church bells are ringing around London.
Oranges and lemons,
Say the bells of St. Clement's.
You owe me five farthings,
Say the bells of St. Martin's.
But like many of these other rhymes prove, you're lulled into a false sense of security until things take a nasty turn at the end.
Here comes a candle to light you to bed,
Here comes a chopper to chop off your head.
Chip chop chip chop
The last man's dead!
Folklorists Peter and Iona Opie pointed out that in the days of public executions, the condemned were led along the street to the accompaniment of the tolling of bells.
You gotta understand this one is bad. It says...
Chip chop chip chop
The last man's dead!
Guys...THATS DEATH! They executed him! Chopped off his freakin head or something!!!!!
So seriously....
DO NOT READ THIS AT HOME!!
I MEAN IT
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