Here is ABC code for a variant of “Cold Rain and Snow” I learned from friends about forty years ago. I'm sorry, I don't know the history of this version. I was reminded of it when I saw Peter T.'s thread “Music Theory Mavens: D down to C, etc.?.”

      - Mark


X:1
T:Rain, Sleet and Snow
C:unknown
M:4/4
L:1/4
Q:1/4=150
K:D
"D"DG|G>GFG|"D"A w:Well I mar-ried me a wife she gave me trou-ble all_ my life, She
"C"EGGA/G/|(A w:put me out in the rain_ sleet and snow,_ Rain and
"C"(G3A)|=c2(A/G/)E|"D"D4-|D2z>D|
w:snow_ rain sleet_ and snow,_ She
"C"EGGA/G/|(A w:put me out in the rain_ sleet and snow._
W:
W:
W:
W:Well I married me a wife she gave me trouble all my life,
W:She put me out in the rain sleet and snow,
W:Rain and snow, rain sleet and snow,
W:She put me out in the rain sleet and snow.
W:
W:I've been half way 'round the world looking for that little girl,
W:The one who put me out in the rain sleet and snow,
W:Rain and snow, rain sleet and snow,
W:She put me out in the rain sleet and snow.
W:
W:I've done all I can do to try to get along with you,
W:And I ain't a gonna be treated this a way,
W:This a way hey hey this a way,
W:No I ain't a gonna be treated this a way.
W:
W:I'm goin' out and rest my back on some lonesome railroad track,
W:And listen for that lonesome salty dog,
W:Rain and snow, rain sleet and snow,
W:She put me out in the rain sleet and snow.
W: W: (repeat first verse)