It's Raining, It's Pouring

DESCRIPTION: "It's raining, it's pouring, The old man is snoring. (He) bumped his head and he went to bed And he couldn't get up in the morning."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1988
KEYWORDS: nonballad
FOUND IN: US(MW) New Zealand
REFERENCES (6 citations):
Sutton-Smith-NZ-GamesOfNewZealandChilden/FolkgamesOfChildren, p. 133, "(It's raining, it's pouring)" (1 text)
List-SingingAboutIt-FolkSongsInSouthernIndiana, p. 88, "It's Raining" (1 text, 1 tune)
Pankake/Pankake-PrairieHomeCompanionFolkSongBook, p. 227, "It's Raining, It's Pouring" (1 text)
Dolby-OrangesAndLemons, p. 166, "It's Raining, It's Pouring" (1 text)
Delamar-ChildrensCountingOutRhymes, p. 118, "It's raining, it's pouring" (1 text)
ADDITIONAL: Peter and Iona Opie, _I Saw Esau: Traditional Rhymes of Youth_, #6, "(It's Raining, It's Pouring)" (1 text)
Roud #16814
SAME TUNE:
It's raining it's pouring, the old man's snoring, Thunder and lightning stop life being boring (Garland-FacesInTheFirelight-NZ, p. 291)
NOTES [22 words]: Another of those things I learned too far back to remember and without really wanting to learn. Makes it a folk song in my book. - RBW
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File: PHCF227b

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