Downpour Delights And Drenches
Nursery rhymes typically soothe us into slumber, but “It’s Raining, It’s Pouring” has always struck a dissonant chord. This lullaby recounts an old man’s fateful tumble, a stark contrast to the genre’s usual cheer.
Recently, Sarah McGonagall cast a new, even grimmer shadow over the rhyme on Twitter, suggesting it’s a cautionary tale against sleeping off a concussion—a bizarre moral for bedtime..