“It’s raining, it’s pouring, the old man is snoring,” has been sung to children for generations. And you might have thought it’s just a wholesome nursery rhyme about weather and a clumsy man, but ...
It’s funny thinking how some nursery rhymes become children’s songs. And this one, about three mice who cannot see who get their tails chopped off with a carving knife, is at the top of the list.