19 Jul 00 - 11:54 PM (#261353) Subject: Rain or Shine From: GUEST,Sluefoot Sue Hi. I am looking for a Negro work song from the Carolinas called "Rain or Shine." Anyone know it? It's refrain has the same phraseology as an old cowboy song
Sleet or snow When I gits done dis time Won't work no mo. Thanks in advance Sue |
20 Jul 00 - 09:50 PM (#261915) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Rain or Shine From: Karolina Refresh |
20 Jul 00 - 11:22 PM (#261940) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Rain or Shine From: GUEST,Sluefoot Sue Thank you Karolina. Are you from the Carolinas? Sue |
21 Jul 00 - 11:30 PM (#262534) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Rain or Shine From: Karolina No, not really. If I were, then perhaps I'd know the song :)Hope somebody will be able to help you. Karolina |
11 Feb 10 - 03:58 PM (#2836456) Subject: Lyr Add: RAIN OR SHINE From: Jim Dixon From American Poetry from the Beginning to Whitman by Louis Untermeyer (New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1931), page 748: RAIN OR SHINE I hoes an' I plows In all kinds o' weather. I got to keep a-goin' 'Cause I can't do no better. Rain or shine, Sleet or snow, When I gits done dis time, Won't work no mo'. Empty or full, Sleep or 'wake, I'm gwine to de party, Dance fer dat cake. |