Rhapsodies

I think today’s rhyme, “A Long Tail’d Pig” is more of an example of values dissonance than a when was this ever for kids rhyme. At first I assumed the latter because of… brutality of the life on the farm, butchering a pig. But then I tried to think of it from the perspective of a child from the 17th century the response to that statement would be “yeah, what’s your point?”