’Tis certain to be wet all day;

And if they blow from Grassmere Lake,

You’d better an umbrella take.

But if no rain should fall all day

From Ambleside to Morecambe Bay,

Upon that morning you will see

Fishes and eels in every tree;

When in the nets on Windermere

Twelve pickled salmon shall appear,

No rain shall fall upon that day