there’s also a german children’s rhyming song that tells a story about a rider who falls of his horse, screams in pain, and is eaten by ravens

#JustGermanThings

omg i remember singing this a child 

we saw absolutely nothing wrong with it

like we knew what it meant but we never actually thought about it

HOPPE HOPPE REITER, WENN ER FÄLLT, DANN SCHREIT ER, FÄLLT ER IN DEN GRABEN, FRESSEN IHN DIE RABEN, FÄLLT ER IN DEN SUMPF, MACHT DER REITER PLUMS!