Words for: It's Raining, It's Pouring?
Danny McMillin
I woke up this morning to a light summer's rain. The song "It's raining,
it's pouring, the old man is snoring." popped into my head. But this was
all I could remember of the lyrics. Can anyone help me out with the rest
of it? Are there actually verses to it? Thanks for any advice ar help.
Think I'll take my dog for a walk in the rain.....
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Peter, Paul and Mary have a version on their CD "Peter, Paul and Mary"
john allen xd/d
I learned this as:
It's raining, it's pouring,
The old man's snoring,
He went to bed and bumped his head
And never got up in the morning.
I remember my mother telling me off for singing it on a bus, when I was
about eight. To me "old man" == "old man", not "father" or "husband" as
was probably intended; and it never occurred to me that he might be dead,
rather than asleep...
She also told me off for calling my brother a "little runt" very loudly
in the street. I explained to her what a runt was, but she didn't seem to
understand! I was a very confused eight year old!
Cheers /Yogi
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: Hi all.
:
: I woke up this morning to a light summer's rain. The song "It's raining,
: it's pouring, the old man is snoring." popped into my head. But this was
: all I could remember of the lyrics. Can anyone help me out with the rest
: of it? Are there actually verses to it? Thanks for any advice ar help.
It's raining, it's pouring,
The old man is snoring;
He bumped his head on the end of the bed
And couldn't get up in the morning!
And then there's:
Rain, rain go away
come again another day,
Little Johnny wants to play!
A E
David Dalton
E> Danny McMillin (macd...@halcyon.com) wrote:
E> : Hi all.
E> :
E> : I woke up this morning to a light summer's rain. The song "It's raining,
E> : it's pouring, the old man is snoring." popped into my head. But this was
E> : all I could remember of the lyrics. Can anyone help me out with the rest
E> : of it? Are there actually verses to it? Thanks for any advice ar help.
E> It's raining, it's pouring,
E> The old man is snoring;
E> He bumped his head on the end of the bed
E> And couldn't get up in the morning!
E> And then there's:
E> Rain, rain go away
E> come again another day,
E> Little Johnny wants to play!
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Sounds like a shower song for sure!
And what about:
it rains mainly in the plain...
or
rain, rain go to spain....
stay away from harbour main
...
rain, rain, go undercover
stay away from old vancouver
(wait, Vancouver is new!)
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David Dalton - earth science student, music buff --- <dal...@geop.ubc.ca> ---
gwyn
It's raining, It's pouring,
The old man is snoring.
Bumped his head on the head of the bed
And couldn't get up in the morning.
By the way, it's a relief to know that I'm not the only one who gets
silly little ditties stuck in their heads!
Gwyn
Belvoir
It's raining, it's pouring
And never got up until morning.
dick greenhaus
KCTAPER
It's raining it's pouring
The old man is snoring
Went to bed and bumped his head
Aman William Craig
>We always sang:
..and we sang
It's raining it's pouring
The old man is snoring
He went to bed and bumped his head
And in the morning he was dead
...Alan
Garry Gillard
macd...@halcyon.com (Danny McMillin) wrote:
> I woke up this morning to a light summer's rain. The song "It's raining,
> it's pouring, the old man is snoring." popped into my head. But this was
> all I could remember of the lyrics. Can anyone help me out with the rest
> of it? Are there actually verses to it? Thanks for any advice ar help.
Peter Paul & Mary sing 'It's Raining' on their very first album (called,
guess what: 'Peter Paul & Mary'), with these words sung to the children's
skipping rhyme tune -- among other things.
Garry
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Rolf Holle
> Hi all.
>
> I woke up this morning to a light summer's rain. The song "It's raining,
> it's pouring, the old man is snoring." popped into my head. But this was
> all I could remember of the lyrics. Can anyone help me out with the rest
> of it? Are there actually verses to it? Thanks for any advice ar help.
>
> Think I'll take my dog for a walk in the rain.....
>
There is a lovely song by Jose Feliciano on his live double lp (early
seventies) which I think is simply called RAIN (it goes >> listen to the
falling rain, listen to it fall ...<<). If I remember right, this live
version includes the bit you quoted, presumably as some sort of funny
interlude.
Rolf Holle
Moi
He cracked his head
and went to bed
and didn't get up 'til the morning *
* Alternate:..and didn't get up in the morning
I remember this as a skipping song.
Phil Preen
>And then there's:
> Rain, rain go away
> come again another day,
My grandmother sings:
Rain, rain go away
Don't come back 'til washing day
Rick Bowersox
i have been following this thread since the beginning. this version
is close to the one i learned *a long time ago* except the third
lines would be:
Went to bed and bumped his head
but this is what folk culture is, isn't it?
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Jean James
: > I woke up this morning to a light summer's rain. The song "It's raining,
: > it's pouring, the old man is snoring." popped into my head. But this was
: > all I could remember of the lyrics. Can anyone help me out with the rest
: > of it? Are there actually verses to it? Thanks for any advice ar help.
: Peter Paul & Mary sing 'It's Raining' on their very first album (called,
: guess what: 'Peter Paul & Mary'), with these words sung to the children's
: skipping rhyme tune -- among other things.
Peter, Paul & Mary also re-recored it on their Peter, Paul & Mommy Too!
Album/video a year or so ago.
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Jean James
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Michael
>Garry Gillard (gil...@central.murdoch.edu.au) wrote:
In article <3tq4b5$a...@jeeves.tccn.com> Jean James, 11...@tccn.com writes:
>: > I woke up this morning to a light summer's rain. The song "It's
raining,
>: > it's pouring, the old man is snoring." popped into my head. But
this was
>: > all I could remember of the lyrics. Can anyone help me out with the
rest
>: > of it? Are there actually verses to it? Thanks for any advice ar
help.
The way I remember it is "It's raining, it's pouring, the old man is
snoring. He went to bed and bumped his head and couldn't get up in the
morning." Never heard it set to music, or any more verses than this.
Hope this helps.
Marianne Torres
g...@dnai.com
Ktrnka
*The way I remember it is
*"It's raining, it's pouring, the old man is
*snoring. He went to bed and bumped his head and couldn't get *up in the
*morning."
*Never heard it set to music, or any more verses than this.
*Hope this helps.
The version I recall is slightly different:
"It's raining it's pouring, the old man is snoring.
He bumped his head behind the bed
and couldn't get up in the morning."
It was set to a little sing-song tune.
I may have had it on a 45 rpm child's record in the 50's.
@}~~ Ktrnka