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It Ain't Gonna Rain

from Brookland Voices by David A. Harley

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This is a version of the other song I learned from my grandmother. (No, really!) This version, however, comes from poet and song-collector Edwin Ford Piper. (d. 1939) and was published by Carl Sandburg in 'The American Songbag' in 1927. Nebraska-born Piper believed this dance song had drifted West from Kentucky.

A short article on the song was published in 'Folk In Cornwall': folkincornwall.co.uk/PDF/ISSUE28.pdf

There's more information in the article at whealalice.com/2023/11/21/songs-my-grandmother-taught-me/

I no longer own a banjo, but it seemed to fit the song to overdub something that sounded a bit like one.

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It ain’t gonna rain, it ain’t gonna snow,
It ain’t gonna rain no mo’;
Come on ev’rybody now,
Ain’t gonna rain no mo'.

Oh, what did the blackbird say to the crow?
It ain’t gonna rain no mo’,
Ain’t gonna hail, ain’t gonna snow,
Ain’t gonna rain no mo

Bake them biscuits good and brown,
It ain’t gonna rain no mo’.
Swing yo’ ladies round and round,
Ain’t gonna rain no mo’

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from Brookland Voices, released February 24, 2024
Traditional. Vocal and guitars by David Harley.

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David Harley is a former professional musician, administrator, IT security editor, author and researcher, and former much else that is even less impressive. He now lives in Cornwall. More info at whealalice.com

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