Rain, Rain, Rain All Around
Rain, Rain, Rain All Around
Rain, Rain, Rain All Around
Children's Song
Children's Song
(Historical Black American English)
(English)
Rain, rain, rain all around
Ain't goin' rain no more
And what did the blackbird say to the crow?
You bring rain, and I'll bring snow
Rain, rain, rain all around
Ain't goin' a-rain no more
Old Hawk and buzzard went to roost
The hawk came back with a loosened tooth.
Rain, rain, rain all around
Ain't goin' a-rain no more
I had an old hat and it had a crown,
Look like a duck's nest sittin' on the ground.
Rain, rain, rain all around,
Ain't goin' a-rain no more.
Rain, rain, rain all around
It's not going to rain any more
And what did the blackbird say to the crow?
You bring rain, and I'll bring snow.
Rain, rain, rain all around
It's not going to rain any more
Old Hawk and buzzard went to roost
The hawk came back with a loosened tooth.
Rain, rain, rain all around
It's not going to rain any more
I had an old hat and it had a crown,
It looks like a duck's nest sitting on the ground.
Rain, rain, rain all around,
It's not going to rain any more.
Thanks and Acknowledgements
This song was written down in the Work Projects Administration's Slave Narratives. The government sent out interviewers to talk with the ex-slaves and write down what they had to say. This song is from an interview of Annie Bridges from Farmington Missouri. She learned this song as a child.
