It’s funny. When you dig into the lyrics of a particular song, you might be stunned by what they say. For example, one of the sweetest-sounding songs we hear as a child is the nursery rhyme, ...

The nursery rhyme study was unable to "evaluate the severity of the episodes of violence", the authors say. "For instance, 'Here comes the chopper to chop off your head' (Oranges and Lemons), or a ...

If one thing is for certain about being a human being on Earth, it’s this: we all need a little guidance. As children, that help comes from teachers. But what do those teachers employ? Often songs and ...

You know what comes next - don’t you? Even if it’s been the best part of your lifetime since you last heard it, the next line has popped into your head right on cue. That’s the incredible staying ...

Poetry is great but everyone thinks it has to rhyme. Well I’m here to tell you it does not. In fact, at times, Rhyme can get annoying. It creeps into your head And that can get boring. It fills me ...

When I asked the celebrated British novelist Jim Crace to tell me about a favorite line from literature, he was reluctant to choose something bound between the covers of a book. This is a writer, ...

"Pact has established that children sing a variety of descriptive words in the nursery rhyme to turn the song into an action rhyme," the charity said in a statement. "They sing happy, sad, bouncing, ...