We Are All in the Dumps Lyrics
Everyone is gloomy, the kittens have gone to church, the moon is having a tantrum and houses have no walls. A rhyme where the whole world has gone upside down.
We Are All in the Dumps
We are all in the dumps,
For diamonds are trumps,
The kittens are gone to St. Paul's,
The babies are bit,
The moon's in a fit,
And the houses are built without walls.
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- Type
- Mother Goose
- Tune
- Spoken rhyme
- Best for ages
- 5 to 10 years
What Does We Are All in the Dumps Mean?
To be in the dumps means to feel low or sad. Diamonds are trumps comes from card games, where the trump suit beats all the others. The rest is nonsense: kittens off to St. Paul's Cathedral, the moon "in a fit" (in a temper) and houses built without walls, a world where nothing works properly.
History and Origin
This version comes from Mother Goose's Nursery Rhymes. Topsy-turvy rhymes, where everything is backwards or impossible, are among the oldest kinds of nursery verse, and children enjoy spotting what is wrong with each line.
Learning Activities
- Spot the silly: go line by line and say what is impossible.
- Card game: play a simple card game and explain what trumps means.
- Cheer-up list: talk about what helps when someone feels in the dumps.