One person wrote: “My childhood is officially ruined.”
“Why did my two-year-old self have to sing these nursery rhymes?” another questioned.
Someone else said: “I’m going to pretend this is about the weather.”
In the viral video, @stupidlittlegenius begins: “Everyone knows this one, but do you know what it means?”
She then sings the familiar tune: “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.”
The TikToker says although the nursery rhyme doesn’t describe anyone in particular, it acts as a ‘cautionary tale.’
Although it appears to be describing a downpour, the woman reveals that surprisingly, it has nothing to do with rain.
She continues: “In actual fact, the old man liked a good drink, and ‘it’s raining and pouring’ refers to the alcoholic drinks being poured very liberally – like it’s raining cocktails and shots.”
The TikToker confirms that it actually is about a man who has had far too many to drink, adding: “After drinking so much that he couldn’t stay awake, he started nodding off and snoring.
