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Songs do get weird sometimes.

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They be trippin.

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There are other versions of these lyrics, too. They're all super duper macabre.

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Mass animal slaughter makes for soothing children's songs, apparently.

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Now all that ritualistic sacrifice our ancestors did makes sense! They were just trying to make their little ones feel better.

By allowing the blood to spill! Mua haa haaa....

BRB, listening to some Slayer.

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Will somebody please think of the children?!

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Most old children songs are. The Victorian kids were gothic by nature it seems.

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They may have worn dresses, but they sure were hardcore!

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Nothing fazed them but then again it maybe the fact that they lived under the constant smell of shit from trenches and alleyways, it dulls the sensibilities and sharpens the nerves

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Apr 28·edited Apr 28Author

Wanton animal slaughter must've felt like a quiet day in.

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Probably as a means of getting slight variations to the horrible smells they were constantly subjected to

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