With a knick-knack paddywhack, Give the dog a bone, This old man came rolling home. The rhyme continues after the first stanza, for generally nine more. With the number (“one” or “two,” etc.) ...

Chances are, most of us have at least once in our childhood sung the classic nursery rhyme "It's Raining, It's Pouring." But what many people don't know is that it has really dark and grim undertones.