Jimmy crack corn, and I don't care. But I smell an intervention

There are countless children's songs that are catchy tunes. However have you listened to the words of these songs? Let's take one as an example. "Jimmy Crack Corn". This is on one of Riley's Disney CDs.

This song dates back to the1840's. It is believed to be a song from the prospective of a slave who's owner has died, potentially from the slave's intentional negligence. So this does not sound too bad so far. After all, I am sure the slave owner had it coming. The name of the song however still raises questions. One explanation is that this "Gimcrack corn" was cheap corn whiskey. So basically, our kids are singing about a slave who neglects his job, kills his master, and then celebrates with a jar of cheap corn whiskey. Moving on.

The next song that came to mind was "Pop Goes the Weasel". No, I am not talking about the early 90's rap group 3rd Bass. This is an English song that dates back to pre-1825. One of the early verses goes:

" Up and down the City Road
In and out the Eagle
That's the way the money goes
Pop! goes the weasel."

The Eagle was a pub north of London. Pop, was a term that referred to pawning. Weasel, was a slang term that referred to a coat or suit.
So the thought is that this song talks about pawning your coat so that you would have enough money to go to the pub.

What I find strange is that the politicly correct groups that "protect our kids", like the geniuses that altered the words of classic Mark Twain novels recently, are not removing all of these songs and rhymes from kids vocabularies. After all, what is the difference between these lyrics and Snoop Dogg sipping on gin and juice?