Nursery Rhymes - can we still use them

[Poll]

I was born in the 1950s and still remember the nursery rhymes of the time eg Three Blind Mice, Sing a Song of Sixpence etc. I recited them to my own children in the 1970s and to my nephew in the 1990s.  We now have a new baby in the family, the first child since my nephew was born in the 1990s. I am wondering whether it would still be acceptable to recite the same nursery rhymes., considering some of the “violent” words. What do other think? 

[Padders]

14 minutes ago, Poll said:

I was born in the 1950s and still remember the nursery rhymes of the time eg Three Blind Mice, Sing a Song of Sixpence etc. I recited them to my own children in the 1970s and to my nephew in the 1990s.  We now have a new baby in the family, the first child since my nephew was born in the 1990s. I am wondering whether it would still be acceptable to recite the same nursery rhymes., considering some of the “violent” words. What do other think? 

Well it's no wonder kids grow up violent, when their parents tell them about the 3 blind mice..

Didn't they run after the Farmers wife, and she cut of their tails with a carving knife?

All it's doing is encouraging kids to go out and stab someone..

[hackey lad]

Don’t teach him Humpty Dumpty or Baa Baa Black Sheep. You will get in trouble 

[The_DADDY]

58 minutes ago, Poll said:

I was born in the 1950s and still remember the nursery rhymes of the time eg Three Blind Mice, Sing a Song of Sixpence etc. I recited them to my own children in the 1970s and to my nephew in the 1990s.  We now have a new baby in the family, the first child since my nephew was born in the 1990s. I am wondering whether it would still be acceptable to recite the same nursery rhymes., considering some of the “violent” words. What do other think? 

I love a good nursery rhyme.

Bar Bar Rainbow Sheep is my favourite. 

[Mister M]

Ring a ring o' roses is supposed to be about the bubonic plague which I find interesting.

Yes you can still use it - I don't see why not

Edited September 4 by Mister M

[hackey lad]

Just now, Mister M said:

Ring a ring o' roses is supposed to be about the bubonic plague which I find interesting.

Yes you can still use it - I don't see why not

It is about the plague.

[Bellatrix]

23 minutes ago, Mister M said:

Ring a ring o' roses is supposed to be about the bubonic plague

It's not.  That's an interpretation that didn't pop up until the 1960s.  Snopes does a good debunking here, using the American variant of the rhyme.

[despritdan]

I've often wondered what little miss Muffet's tuffet that she sat on is a reference to.

[cressida]

https://patrick-vecchio.livejournal.com/453798.html

[hauxwell]

I’m not sure if you  are aloud to recite, Bill and Ben The Flower Pot Men?