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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
RAIN-CHARM, by BURGES JOHNSON Poet's Biography
First Line: Rain, rain, go away; come again another day
Last Line: Seems zif jus' th' days it pours I most want t' be outdoors!
Subject(s): Children; Rain; Childhood
First Line: Rain, rain, go away; come again another day
Last Line: Seems zif jus' th' days it pours I most want t' be outdoors!
Subject(s): Children; Rain; Childhood
Rain, rain, go away; come again another day,
Little Billie wants to play!
What's the reason, do you s pose, that it has to rain?
I've been flattenin' my nose up against th' pane
For about an hour or so, beggin' for th' rain to go.
In th' attic it's no fun 'thout th' other boys.
I get countin', one by one, every single noise,
An' the raindrops, when they strike, sound so kinder solemn-like.
I jus' wait in this one place wishin' it would pass,
Watchin' all th' raindrops race down across th' glass;
See each big one, when it runs, gobble all th' little ones.
Rain, rain, go away—wish you'd come at night.
Guess you knew I'd plans t'day, an' you came fer spite.
Seems zif jus' th' days it pours I most want t' be outdoors!
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