Let the rain kiss you Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops Let the rain sing you a lullaby The rain makes still pools on the sidewalk The rain makes running pools in the gutter The rain plays a little sleep song on our roof at night And I love the rain.
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Text Authorship:
- by Langston Hughes (1902 - 1967), "April Rain Song" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Jeremiah Evans , "April Rain Song" [ tenor and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Sylvia T. Hollifield (b. 1951), "April Rain Song" [ baritone and piano ], from Shades of Hues [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ryan Nathaniel (b. 1988), "April Rain Song" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ann Rivers Witherspoon , "Let the Rain Kiss You", 1998 [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2011-06-16
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