Babes In The Wood

Sound Beat

Tuesday, August 10, 2021 -

Songs and stories for kids are big business these days, and have a more cheery, nurturing tone than in the “good ol’ days”. We all know how “ring-around-the-rosie” is a little plague poem, and I mean, Brothers Grimm? They actually sound like characters in one of their twisted tales.

But surely the story behind this upbeat number couldn’t be dark. I mean, it’s called Babes In the Wood, and, it’s about……ok. Well, it’s a bit like the Grimm’s Hansel and Gretel. It comes from an old broadside ballad, in which two children are put in their uncle’s charge after their parents’ death. He promptly claims their inheritance and leads them off into the woods, leaving them to their fated deaths.

The term “babe in the woods” has come to express one’s innocence, or even pitiable naivetee. There’s also a correlation to the haunted Tower of London.

Subscribe to this podcast

Riverton Weather

More Delmarva weather is available here.

Sat
90°F
Sun
86°F
Mon
84°F
Tue
86°F

Currently playing on Delmarva FM

Earth Riot Radio
2:00am - 2:30am

Billy is the pastor of "The Church of Stop Shopping" in New York City. Billy is "a preacher with an unknown god". He is not Christian, but wears a priest's collar and televangelist's hair.

Coming up on Delmarva FM

Laura Flanders Show
2:30am - 3:00am

Leads the field in new economy media, reporting on the social critics, artists, activists, and entrepreneurs who are building tomorrow's world today.
Thinkwing Radio
3:00am - 4:00am

We talk about anything and everything. My interests are many and varied, and the show reflects that. Topics include domestic and international politics, public policy, society and culture.