The Previously Unrealized Homogeneity of My Childhood Upbringing

I just realized that the “A-B-C” song, “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star”, and “Baa Baa Blacksheep” all carry the same exact melody.

I’m in shock with awe: My childhood was nearly mono-melodic and I wasn’t even mindful of it.

It’s also the same tune used in an old French childhood song called  “Ah! Vous dirais-je, Maman”

Ah ! vous dirais-je, Maman,
Ce qui cause mon tourment
Papa veut que je raisonne,
Comme une grande personne.
Moi je dis que les bonbons
Valent mieux que la raison

(Ah! I would tell you, Mom
what causes my torment.
Papa wants me to reason
Like an adult.
Me, I say that candy
Is worth more than reason.)

Now I want some candy.  Gimme some.

At least I learned the “The Bear Went Over The Mountain” as a sole source of variety in my younger years.

*thinks about it, begins to blur and involutedly self-doubt*

Please, someone, reassure me that the Bear song isn’t the same as the others!