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Thread #147617   Message #3422516
Posted By: GUEST,Mark Fry
19-Oct-12 - 07:01 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: It rained, it snowed, it hailed...
Subject: Lyr Req: It rained, it snowed, it hailed...
I remember bits of the chorus of a song about a man standing at his lover's window, in dreadful weather, imploring her to let him in. Eventually, she gives in and he spends the night. The bit I recall goes something like this:

"It rained, it snowed, it hailed, it blowed,
And I was wet through all my clothes.
I called to be let in,
I called to be let in"

The last 2 lines change with the progress of the song. One variation I recall is "She called me back again". I'm pretty sure I remember Len Berry singing it (The Portway Pedlars) at Nettlebed in the 1990's.

The song is related to "Cold, Haily, Windy Night", of which I'm aware of at least two versions recorded by Steeleye Span and Planxty (and maybe another recorded by John Kirkpatrick).

I've tried searching the Knowledge-base. "It rained" turned up hundreds of entries (I checked out the first 20 or so with no luck...); "it rained it snowed" turned up nothing. So I decided to try a direct appeal.

Thanks in advance.