The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #939   Message #2564508
Posted By: GUEST,Cliff Nelson
11-Feb-09 - 08:57 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Swing and swing on the garden gate...
Subject: Lyr Add: RAIN (Billy Hill, Peter de Rose)
It's been a lot of years. I don't know if Coralena is still active. But I know the song "RAIN." you can hear an old Odis Elder recording of it here:
http://lightninwells.com/audio/odiselder_rain.mp3

Cliff Nelson
wcn1220@ecu.edu

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RAIN
Words, Billy Hill. Music, Peter de Rose.
New York: Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc., copyright 1934

Rain, when ya gonna rain again, rain? Grow the golden grain again.
Shower your blessings on me.
Rain, make the rivers deep again, rain. please don't let me weep again.
Shower your blessings on me.

The cow's in the meadow and the sheep's in the corn.
They know that something is wrong.
Old Mother Earth can never give birth
When you're away so long.

Rain, make it green in lover's lane, rain, for my gal and me again.
Shower your blessings on me.
We used to sing songs about sunshine begging the clouds to roll by,
But now there's enough of sunshine. you'll hear everyone sigh:

— Instrumental break —

The cow's in the meadow and the sheep's in the corn.
They know that something is wrong.
Old Mother Earth can never give birth
When you're away so long.

Rain, make it green in lover's lane, rain, for my gal and me again.
Shower your blessings on me.