The tragic background in Spanish popular children's songs: A content analysis conducted with a mixed methodology

On this research has been analysed the textual elements with a tragic content that appear on the lyrics of Spanish popular children's songs. It has been considered as tragic elements those passages which talk about topics related with tragic aspects of the human condition, such as death, violence, sadness, heartbreak and fear, among others. A content analysis as a mixed methodology has been used for that porpoise. The elements mentioned before has been localised, counted, commented and categorised for its analysis.By this procedure, we have obtained some information and percentages that allow us to value the importance of tragic elements appearing on the lyrics analysed, as well as think over its adaptation as a possible educational resource for the tragic aspect of life.