"Ring around the rosy, pocket full of posies, ashes ashes we all fall down"...

It's about the plague, but we never knew that as kids. Or I didn't, anyway. I see both sides of this argument, but thinking about it, there are an awful lot of things I wish I could shelter my son from but know that I can't at the end of the day. I guess I'd rather try to present it all to him in a way I approve of-- i.e, through songs which actually show what comes of it all (back to Wild Bill Jones: "Today was the last of that wild Bill Jones, tomorrow will be the last of me", so that he can make his own decisions when he needs to (which might seem far away when he's four months old, but isn't really).

My parents were staunch athiests (good commies on both sides of the family), and they disapproved of me learning religious songs. I love gospel songs now, and sing Wayfaring Stranger to Jamie all the time, but I certainly don't have any faith in a God of any kind. Funny, isn't it.

EG