Rain Songs

The monsoon rains finally arrived near the end of July. Rain is a blessing or a curse - that's no secret to any gardener who has lived here longer than five minutes. Many homeowners are crying over their landscapes and plant damage. I'm reading social media posts like "all that work, hours of planting and tending...wiped out in ten minutes!" "Our poor tomatoes, they were finally coming on after all this heat." "Maybe it's time to plow under the garden and put in a bocce court!" Okay, haven't heard that, but some years it sounds like a great idea.

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All this fretting will continue while another storm is brewing over a corn patch near you.

Thinking about the rain storms this week reminded me of all the songs written over the years about this very topic. Here's a small sampling.

What's your favorite rain song?

Most agree, he's one terrific writer, poet and singer - Mr. Bob Dylan took the phrase that gardeners fear and welcome - "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall." 

Karen Carpenter combined two events - "Rainy Days and Mondays."

We ALL know this song. It may remain in your head for a few days or years - from one of the best movies of all time "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid."

Plant and Page - "The Rain Song" 

Always true - "Here Comes the Rain Again." 

The heart may mend....but will the landscape?  "It's Raining Again."  

Tina knows how to say and sing it, I wonder if she's a gardener. - "I Can't Stand the Rain." 

"Who'll Stop the Rain" ... not us!

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Sing it - "Let it Rain."

Feel it - "It Feels Like Rain."

You'll need a tissue while listening - "Set Fire to the Rain." 

Kenny likes the rain and "There's Something Sexy about the Rain." 

Is it possible there's "A Better Rain." 

How about "Raining on Sunday." 

Everyone has experienced "Laughter in the Rain."

There's even a "Mandolin Rain."

Might as well get out there and start "Rockin' with the Rhythm of the Rain." 

This will take you back in time - "The Rain, the Park and Other Things." 

It rains in other states too "A Rainy Night in Georgia."  

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Sing it Elvis - "Kentucky Rain"

Who sings it better, Billie "Come Rain or Come Shine." OR Ray.

We miss "Purple Rain." 

Willie knows about "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain."

ALL gardeners agree..."Rain is a Good Thing." 

My all time favorite - "Singing in the Rain." 

How many times have we said "I Think it's Going to Rain Today."

Here's what we'll be saying during the next hot, dry spell - "I Wish it Would Rain."