Who wrote the nursery rhyme "It's Raining, It's Pouring"?

Answer 1

Written By: Unknown; Copyright Unknown

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

Answer 2

It's so old no one knows who wrote it. And it has been written many different ways.

The oldest version of this rhyme reads:

It's raining, it's pouring
The old man is snoring
He went to bed and he bumped his head
And he couldn't get up in the morning
However, in the more common version, the third line is switched around:

It's raining, it's pouring
The old man is snoring
He bumped his head as he went to bed
And couldn't get up in the morning
With the later version, occasional a more sinister sounding fourth line is used:

And didn't get up in the morning or And never got up in the morning
An alternate version reads:

It's raining, it's pouring
The old man is snoring
He went to bed with a cold in his head
And he didn't get up until morning
Yet another alternate version (although the sources for this are very limited and obscure -- and somewhat obtuse as well):

It's raining, it's pouring
The old man is snoring
He bumped his head on a piece of bread
and couldn't get up in the morning

Answer 3

It was written by the famous author Anon.