Didn't It Rain lyrics

Tell me, didn't it 

rain, rain, rain, children!1

Rain, oh my Lord!

(Didn't it!) Yes!

(Didn't it!) You know it did!

Didn't it! 

Oh my Lord, didn't it rain!

Tell me, didn't it 

rain, rain, rain, children!

Rain, oh my Lord!

(Didn't it!) Yes!

(Didn't it!) You know it did!

Didn't it! 

Oh my Lord, didn't it rain!

Well, it rained forty days,

it rained forty nights.

There was no land nowhere in sight.

God sent a raven to bring the news,

he hoist his wings and away he flew.

Yes, he did.

I said it rained, you know it rained

(How it's rainin' in the East!)

Oh, how it rained

(And in the West)

Rained too long

(In the North)

Night rain

(And in the South)

Rain all day (all day)

Rain all night (and all night)

Rain, rain

(And all night)

Night rain

(And all...)

Mmm, rain

(Well...)

Rain, rain, rain, rain, rain

Rain, rain, rain, rain, rain

Tell me, didn't it 

rain, rain, rain, children!

Rain, oh my Lord!

(Didn't it!) Yes!

(Didn't it!) You know it did!

Didn't it! 

Oh my Lord, didn't it rain!

Tell me, didn't it 

rain, rain, rain, children!

Rain, oh my Lord!

(Didn't it!) Yes!

(Didn't it!) You know it did!

Didn't it! 

Oh my Lord, didn't it rain!

Well, it rained forty days,

forty nights without stoppin'

and Noah was glad 

when the water stopped droppin'.

When I get to heaven,

sit right down,

ask King Jesus for my starry crown, yes.

I know it rained

(How it's rainin'!)

I'm tired of it rainin'

(In the East)

It's rainin' too long

(And in the West)

It rained all day

(In the North)

All night long

(And in the South)

Rain, rain, go away

Come again some other day

(All day and all night)

You know it rained

(And all night)

Oh, how it rained!

(And all day)

God knows it rained!

(Well...)

Rain, rain, rain, rain

Rain, rain, rain, rain

Tell me, didn't it 

rain, rain, rain, children!

Rain, oh my Lord!

(Didn't it!) Yes!

(Didn't it!) You know it did!

Didn't it! 

Oh my Lord, didn't it rain!

1. When used this way, "Didn't it rain" is not a question, it's an emphatic affirmative statement. The meaning would be similar to saying "It absolutely did!"

• Artist:Sister Rosetta Tharpe