May 3, 2015: Del Rio News-Herald * OPINION * Letters to the Editor * Nursery rhymes past and present

Letter to the Editor,

Nursery Rhymes Past and Present

THEN: Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O

And on that farm he had a cow, E-I-E-I-O

With a moo moo here and a moo moo there

Here a moo, there a moo, everywhere a moo moo

Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O

NOW: @olddonaldo* had a smartphone, AAMOI (As a matter of interest)
And on that smartphone he did tweet, AAMOI
With a tweet tweet here and a tweet tweet there
Here a tweet, there a tweet, everywhere a tweet tweet
@olddonaldo had a smartphone, AAMOI

*Not a real person’s Twitter account

THEN: A-tisket a-tasket
A green and yellow basket
I wrote a letter to my love
And on the way I dropped it,
I dropped it,
I dropped it,
And on the way I dropped it.
A little boy he picked it up and put it in his pocket

NOW: I text and I text,

All day long all I do is text,

I typed a message to my love

And on its way, they hacked it,

They hacked it,

They hacked it

And on its way, they hacked it.

A hacker cracked the code and going viral there it went

THEN: Twinkle, twinkle, little star,

How I wonder what you are!

Up above the world so high,

Like a diamond in the sky.

NOW: Twitter, twitter, little hastag,

How I wonder why you lag!

With the world wide web so great,

Net neutrality what will be its fate?

THEN: Mary had a little lamb,
His fleece was white as snow,
And everywhere that Mary went,
The lamb was sure to go.

Terry had a Mini Laptop,

Its cover was white as snow,

And everywhere that Terry went,

The Mini Laptop was sure to go.

THEN: Little Miss Muffet
Sat on a tuffet,
Eating her curds and whey;
Along came a spider,
Who sat down beside her
And frightened Miss Muffet away.

Lovely Princess Bella

Sat dressed in her gown made of taffeta,

Surfing the web all day;

Along came a troll,

Who went on a rampaging roll

And frightened Princess Bella away.

Safe Cyberspace Surfing!

Marian Casillas, Ed.D.