The old man is snoring.
He bumped his head, went to bed.
And couldn't get up in the morning.
Ever heard that strange nursery rhyme? Most likely, you have. I've been singing it to my little girl every time it rains (rare, these days), and never really thought about the meaning. Yesterday my husband and I decided to google the meaning...I mean, it's about a dude bumping his head and not being able to get up! We joked about it being a song about someone in a coma. And by joking, I mean we expected some hidden meaning. We didn't really think it was a song about someone with a head injury.
Turns out it really is as simplistic as it sounds! Yes, it is about some guy with a head injury. The Wikipedia explanation had us cracking up and shaking our heads: It has been suggested that the verse is a "classic description" of a head injury ("bumped his head") resulting in an epidural hematoma, subsequent lucid interval and resultant decrease in conscious level ("snoring", "couldn't get up in the morning").[4] The source quotes a variant of the song in which the order of "went to bed" and "bumped his head" are reversed.
I've kind of fudged the lyrics, so in our house the old man just has a concussion, and didn't get up 'till the morning, not couldn't get up in the morning.
He'll be fine, y'all!
***More fun rain pictures to come.
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