Showing posts with label The Rain it Raineth Every Day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Rain it Raineth Every Day. Show all posts

14 August 2008

Up the Umbrellas


This was written about a 19C meteorologist by the name of John Dalton who followed his final forecast by falling out of bed and giving himself a terminal knock on the skull --

It's raining; it's pouring.
The old man is snoring.
He went to bed and bumped his head,
And couldn't get up in the morning.

-- this was written by William Shakespeare and can be found in Twelfth Night --

When that I was and a little tiny boy
With hey, ho, the wind and the rain,
A foolish thing was but a toy,
For the rain it raineth every day.

But when I came to man's estate,
With hey, ho, the wind and the rain,
'Gainst knaves and thieves men shut their gate,
For the rain it raineth every day.

But when I came, alas, to wive,
With hey, ho, the wind and the rain,
By swaggering could I never thrive,
For the rain it raineth every day.

But when I came unto my beds,
With hey, ho, the wind and the rain,
With toss-pots still 'had drunken heads,
For the rain it raineth every day.

A great while ago the world began,
With hey, ho, the wind and the rain,
But that's all one, our play is done,
And we'll strive to please you every day.

-- and, slightly changed, sung by the Fool, in King Lear --

He that has and a little tiny wit--
With hey, ho, the wind and the rain,--
Must make content with his fortunes fit,
For the rain it raineth every day.

-- and, given those as clues, you will get no prizes for guessing what at the weather in my vicinity today.