Let’s dive in. The Earliest Version. The rhyme, which is all about a small character named Bo-Peep who has lost her sheep, can be traced back to 1805, though it may be older than that.

PEOPLE are just finding out what the nursery rhyme ‘Little Bo-Peep’ is really about and it’s blowing their minds. Most people will have sung along to the famous nursery rhyme, abo… ...

Most people are familiar with Little Bo-Peep, but not everyone knows the dark meaning behind the nursery rhyme, which has shocked those who took a closer look at the lyrics ...

Then up she took her little crook, Determined for to find them; She found them indeed, but it made her heart bleed, For they’d left their tails behind them. It happened one day, as Bo-Peep did ...