Many of the very old nursery rhymes and ballads were based on political events of the day. The wandering minstrels went from town to town singing about what had been happening in London Town. They had to disguise who the songs were about but the people knew. In those days the peasants could not read and write but they weren’t stupid.
Many of the very old nursery rhymes and ballads were based on political events of the day. The wandering minstrels went from town to town singing about what had been happening in London Town. They had to disguise who the songs were about but the people knew. In those days the peasants could not read and write but they weren’t stupid.