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It’s pouring” is a metaphor for alcohol liberally flowing. The old man gets drunk causing him to bump his head. It has further been suggested that the verse is a "classic description" of a head injury ("bumped his head"), followed by a lucid interval and an inability to resume normal activity ("couldn't get up in the morning"). [ 7 ]
A-Tisket, A-Tasket" (Roud Folk Song Index 13188) is a nursery rhyme first recorded in America in the late 19th century. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The melody to which the nursery rhyme is sung recurs in other nursery rhymes including " It's Raining, It's Pouring "; " Rain Rain Go Away " and " Ring around the Rosie ".
The poem is first recorded in The Child's Song Book published in 1830. It's Raining, It's Pouring: United States 1912 [53] The first two lines of this rhyme can be found in "The Little Mother Goose", published in the United States in 1912. Jack Sprat: England 1639 [54] First appearance in John Clarke's collection of sayings. Kookaburra
"It's Raining Again" is a song recorded by the English progressive rock band Supertramp and released as a single from their 1982 album …Famous Last Words… with credits given to Rick Davies and Roger Hodgson, although as indicated on the album sleeve, it is a Hodgson composition.
The group's bass guitarist, Todd, had started writing the instrumental portion of "Rain" at his home in Bondi when his domestic partner, Johanna Pigott, jokingly sang, "It's raining, it's pouring" from the children's nursery rhyme over the top of it. [2] This provided the lyrical focus for the work. [2]
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