Where was Moses when the lights went out?

Answer 1

Down in the cellar eating sour crout why did he say when he came out

Answer 2

sittin in the corner with his jaw poked out. ********************* I have only heard this as a joke, with the answer being "in the dark." However, I have heard another rhyming response, "sittin' in the basement eatin' sauerkraut." This joke was referenced in the Tennessee Williams play, "The Glass Menagerie." It is asked by Amanda when the lights go out, embarrassingly during a dinner party, because she was unable to pay the electric bill. Amanda, in an effort to make light of the circumstance, asks, "where was Moses when the lights went out....do you know the answer to that, Mr. O'Connor (her disabled daughter, Laura's, 'gentlman caller')" In the play, the answer is never given. In the 1934 movie "The Richest Girl in the World" starring Miriam Hopkins and Joel McCrea this Question was stated a number of times. "The Glass Menagerie" was written around 1944.

Answer 3

In the dark

Answer 4

Down in the cellar with his shirttail out is how my gma used to say it at bedtime.

Answer 5

Down in the cellar with his shirttail out