It's raining, it's pouring,Well, now, that's a bit macabre! Like, the old man's in a coma? The dark side of nursery rhymes? He bumped his head in bed, not before he crawled into bed? Sounds like it was a rather dangerous bed as it seems to have finished off the entire family. So did the old man die? An awful lot of head injuries in Mother Goose, who was a bit of a misogynist. "She whipped them all soundly and sent them to bed" always scared the bejazuz out of me.
the old man is snoring,
he went to bed and he bumped his head
and he couldn't get up in the morning...
Perhaps that third line should go: he bumped his head, and he went to bed. Then we're talking concussion for sure.Or perhaps a brain bleed.
It's raining; it's pouring.
The old woman is snoring.
She went to bed and bumped her head,
And she couldn't get up in the morning.
It's raining; it's pouring.
The children are snoring.
They went to bed and bumped their heads,
And they couldn't get up in the morning.
But I learned it with this end verse:
Rain, rain go away
Come again some other day.
I'd sing it, but I don't want to jinx the weather.
"It's Raining, It's Pouring" is an English language nursery rhyme and children's song, Roud Folk Song Index number of 16814.
"It's Raining, It's Pouring" is an English language nursery rhyme and children's song, Roud Folk Song Index number of 16814.
Did the old man in "It's raining, it's pouring" die?
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