When it rained for a day and a night and a day,
And we thought it hard to go on that way,
As we were as tired as tired could be.
"Up in the attic, in grandma's attic,
There's a chest of drawers—or there used to be;
Though we had many a charge emphatic,
Not to go near enough to see.
But one rainy day we opened them wide,
And strewed the contents on every side;
We dressed ourselves in the queer old caps,