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Nursery rhymes are terrifying

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Degbeme70-79, M
Diddle Diddle Dumpling ...... not to mention creepy as fuck. 馃槄
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@Degbeme I think that one is reserved for Canuck paedos I don鈥檛 know it 馃
Degbeme70-79, M
@SW-User You guys invented it. 馃槄

Diddle, diddle, dumpling, my son John
Went to bed with his trousers on.
One shoe off, and the other shoe on.
Diddle, diddle, dumpling, my son John.
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@Degbeme WHUT
Degbeme70-79, M
@SW-User There you go with the caps again. 馃檮 I old, not blind. 馃き
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@Degbeme *whispers* [i]whut?!![/i]
Degbeme70-79, M
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The rhyme is first recorded in The Newest Christmas Box published in London around 1797. It may be derived from 'Diddle, diddle, diddle Dumpling', a traditional street cry of hot dumpling sellers.
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@Degbeme poor John. I wonder if he was the same John as dear John and he just received a letter..too drunk to take off his other shoe