Raining

by Jerome Kern (music) and Frank Clifford Harris (lyrics)

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[Verse]

'Twas a rainy day in the month of May,

And the rain came down in the usual way,

Up in a tree, two lovebirds were,

A little 'he' and a smaller 'her'

Upon a twig there side by side,

He ask'd her if she'd be his bride;

But just what she-bird replied,

I really cannot say, For it was

[Refrain]

Raining, raining,

Two little birds of a feather

Sat there on a twig together,

And they didn't mind the weather,

Tho' 'twas Raining, raining,

Trees made a shelt'ring above;

But what's it matter if the rain comes pitter patter,

When you're with the girl you love?

[Verse]

'Neath a neighb'ring tree was a he and a she;

There the watch'd the two little birds you see;

The boy said, "Tho' it's quite absurd,

I almost envy that small he bird,

For I am sure she's named the day;

If I ask'd you, what would you say;

She answer'd, "If you ask, I may say,

"Two is company When it is

(chorus)