A popular song from 1931.
Words and music by E. Y. Harburg and Milton Ager.
Sheet music provided by Laurence Rubenstein:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Hasn’t it been a lovely day?
Never the less, the papers say
“Showers predicted tonight”
I don’t know what you plan to do
Maybe it’s just bad news for you
But, honestly, it’s darn good news for me
Chorus
Oh, it looks like rain, oh! oh!
But I won’t complain, no! no!
What a break, oh gee, for baby and me
We gotta stay home tonight
Oh, it looks like rain outside
So, we’ll just remain inside
In a big armchair, the weather is fair
We gotta stay home tonight
Can’t be going places
But, oh, what things we can do
Getting down to cases
We could play cards, but would you?
Have I made it plain? No? No?
Well, it looks like rain, oh! oh!
You can get all wet, but, brother I’m set
We gotta stay home tonight
- When I was young I used to say
“Pitter-pat, rain, rain, go away”
Now I say, “Please come again”
Let it rain cats and puppies, too
Raining may be your Waterloo
But thank my luck! it suits me like a duck
Sung here by Fred Feild: