Like the sheet music version shown above, this version alternates speaking and singing, but the sung part is greatly simplified, and the story has some added irony at the end:

Transcribed from the sound file at Honking Duck. Some parts were unintelligible or doubtful, so corrections are welcome.

WE COURTED IN THE RAIN
As recorded by "Dock" Walsh, 1926.

Well, I was a-goin' down the road one rainy day and I overtook a beautiful female girl, and I asked about carryin' her ... a piece, and she said it'd be all right, so I went off singin':

We courted in the rain, courted in the rain.
I never knew what courtin' was till we courted in the rain.

Well, I begin to like my kid pretty good, so I asked about dropping over to see her some Saturday night and she said I was gonna have to speak to Dad. Well, I went ahead and seen Dad, and Dad he said it'd be all right, so I went off singin':

We courted in the rain, courted in the rain.
I never knew what pleasure was till we courted in the rain.
We courted in the rain, courted in the rain.
I never knew what pleasure was till we courted in the rain.

Well, I begin to like my kid still better, and so I asked about marrying her, and she said I was gonna have to see Dad about that, and so, by gosh, that got me, so I sang:

We courted in the rain, courted in the rain.
I never knew what courtin' was till we courted in the rain.
We courted in the rain, courted in the rain.
I never knew what courtin' was till we courted in the rain.

Well, I went ahead and seen Dad about that, and he said I could have his girl, and so that tickled me even better, and now I sing:

We courted in the rain, courted in the rain.
I never knew what pleasure was till we courted in the rain.
We courted in the rain. We courted in the rain.
I never knew what courtin' was till we courted in the rain.

Well, I went ahead and got my license, and me and my girl got married, and I went off singin' something like this:

We courted in the rain. We courted in the rain.
I never knew what trouble was till we courted in the rain.
We courted in the rain. We courted in the rain.
I never knew what trouble was till we courted in the rain.

'Bout three years from that time, I went off singin' something like this:

We courted in the rain. We courted in the rain.
I never knew what mis'ry was till we courted in the rain.
Oh, we courted in the rain. Courtin', what a pain!
I never knew what mis'ry was till we courted in the rain.