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I’m sure many of you have come to the conclusion that all of the hidden world characters are based off of English nursery rhymes

I’ve gone through and found some of them!!

:3

Robin:

Who Killed Cock Robin?

This is the song that plays at the end of the chapter

It is an English folk song from circa 1744

The lyrics are as follows:

Who killed Cock Robin?

I, said the Sparrow,

with my bow and arrow,

I killed Cock Robin.

Who saw him die?

I, said the Fly,

with my little teeny eye,

I saw him die.

Who caught his blood?

I, said the Fish,

With my little dish

I caught his blood.

Who'll make the shroud?

I, said the Beetle,

with my thread and needle,

I'll make the shroud.

Who'll dig his grave?

I, said the Owl,

with my pick and trowel,

I'll dig his grave.

Who'll be the parson?

I, said the Rook,

with my little book,

I'll be the parson.

Who'll be the clerk?

I, said the Lark,

if it's not in the dark,

I'll be the clerk.

Who'll carry the link?

I, said the Linnet,

I'll fetch it in a minute,

I'll carry the link.

Who'll be chief mourner?

I, said the Dove,

I mourn for my love,

I'll be chief mourner.

Who'll carry the coffin?

I, said the Kite,

if it's not through the night,

I'll carry the coffin.

Who'll bear the pall?

We, said the Wren,

both the cock and the hen,

We’ll bear the pall.

Who'll sing a psalm?

I, said the Thrush,

as she sat on a bush,

I'll sing a psalm.

Who'll toll the bell?

I, said the Bull,

because I can pull,

I'll toll the bell.

All the birds of the air

fell a-sighing and a-sobbing,

when they heard the bell toll

for poor Cock Robin.

Blind Mice:

I’m sure we all saw the pretty obvious comparison to the 3 blind mice, since it’s a pretty popular song.

I was even asking, ‘where’s the third one?’ Before they brought up a dead brother, I was surprised that the ghouls recognized Humpty Dumpty but not the blind mice but due to cultural differences that makes sense lol

The lyrics are as follows:

Three blind mice, three blind mice,

See how they run!

They all run after the farmer's wife,

And she cut off their tails with a carving knife,

Did you ever see such a thing in your life

As three blind mice!

Nancy:

She was more difficult for me, but with some simple google searches I found it :3 lol sorry if it’s more obvious to someone else ^^;

She is Little Nancy Etticoat!

Lyrics:

Little Nancy Etticoat

In a white petticoat,

And a red nose;

She has not feet or hands

The longer she stands

The shorter she grows.

Humpty Dumpty:

This is also another very popular one, “all the kings horses and all the kings men couldn’t put humpty together again” is a very notable line and is exactly what happens in the story.

Lyrics:

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall.

Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.

All the king’s horses and all the king’s men

couldn’t put Humpty together again.

The last 2 are the ones I couldn’t find,

The spider doesn’t have any parallels to Little Ms Muffet or Itsy Bitys spider but they are possibilities, or it’s possible that he is just a symbol and a quest giver instead of an actual folk song ? I’m not sure

‘Indian’ also gave me troubles since his name contains racist connotations, there is the nursery ryhme “ten little Indians” which he could be pulled from, but that one has a deeply racist past and there is also only one of him with no mentions of others. I find it unlikely he was based off of something genuinely Native American due to his name and the context that the rest of them are all English nursery rhymes

That’s all I have! I’m not sure exactly what it all means or how it connects to the case tho lol ^^! Just wanted to share this since I thought it was interesting and I’m sure not everyone wants to go looking for like 5 different nursery rhymes