Ring Around the Rosie lyrics goes as,
"Ring a ring a rosies. A pocket full of posies
A tissue, a tissue, We all fall down.
The king has sent his daughter,
To fetch a pail of water,
A tissue, a tissue, We all fall down.
The robin on the steeple,
Is singing to the people,
A tissue, a tissue, We all fall down.
The wedding bells are ringing,
The boys and girls are singing,
A tissue, a tissue, We all fall down."
According to experts, the Ring Around the Rosie song symbolically refers to the bubonic plague that spread in London during the 17th century.
Also called the Great Plague of London, the pandemic cost the lives of over a hundred thousand people in 1665-66.
The phrase "Ring around the Rosie" refers to the itchy rash surrounding a sick individual's infected sore.
Likewise, "pocket full of posies" is used to describe flowers that doctors used to carry and shower their patients with to fend off the odor.
Meanwhile, the word "ashes" is used literally to imply the remains of a person after they were cremated. Similarly, "we all fall down" meant that, whether we are sick or not, everybody must die someday.
