Happy Mother Goose Day!

So, I was looking for activities to do at work today and low and behold, I find out that it is Mother Goose Day. I didn't even know there was a day to celebrate nursery rhymes, but there is...May 1st. Mark it on your calendars kiddies, because this will be the day you will get to hear them.

Well, I have to say, I don't actually KNOW a lot of nursery rhymes, but I have heard a few, so just in case my little Asian students were not familiar with them, I was looking up poems for the program leaders to recite to them and then they would be creating their own. Then, I happen to come upon this site with a bunch of poems and stories, some of which I didn't know Mother Goose wrote.

Then I see Jack and Jill. Well, we all know this one, but all I could do was laugh because the first thing I thought about was Ricky Gervais. Watch the video and you will understand why I found it funny. Anyway, as I continued searching, I found coloring pages for the rhymes and these were the ones i found most amusing:

Jack: ARGH!
Jill: Goodbye Jack! See you in the Hospital
Why she didn't help him, I am not sure. She just stood there, watched, and waved.

Okay, so Mary's school is Mary Had a Little Lamb Elementary and WHAT IN THE WORLD IS THAT?! That is no lamb...

Jack: FOREEEEEEEEEEEEE!
Silly boy, should have stuck with golf and not running off to some hill getting water will Jill. It is a tad bit safer.

You can view more of these pages here. And then there is this sad poem with an even sadder picture from this site I was browsing:

Ladybug! Ladybug!
Fly away home.
Your house is on fire.
And your children all gone.

All except one,
And that's little Ann,
For she crept under
The frying pan.

OMG! They were too late! MAN...er I mean LADYBIRD DOWN!!

Yeah, needless to say, after seeing all of this and analyzing all of these poems, I am worried about the messages sent. I know that children don't start understanding most of these concepts until later and all they care about are the rhymes, but I still find these "nursery rhymes" to be a little twisted in a way, but that is completely my own opinion. Any thoughts?