Didn’t it Rain/Shout Sister Shout Lyrics

intro
I’m gonna shout it out

Music: and Lyrics: Sister Rosetta Tharpe

Chorus
Tell me didn’t it rain, oh rain oh rain children
Rain, oh, my Lord
Didn’t it, (Yes) didn’t it, (you know it did) didn’t it
oh oh my Lord Didn’t it rain?

Verse 1
Well It rained 40 days, it rained 40 nights
There was no land nowhere in sight
God sent a raven to spread the news
he hoist his wings and away he flew

Call/Response 1
I said it rain. You know it rain.
Oh how it rain. Rain too long
Rain all night

Chorus
Tell me didn’t it rain, oh rain oh rain children
Rain, oh, my Lord
Didn’t it, (Yes) didn’t it, (you know it did) didn’t it
oh oh my Lord Didn’t it rain?

Verse 2
I know it rain. I’m tired of it raining
It’s raining too long. It rained all day
All night long. Rain rain go away come again some other day.
You know it rained. Oh how it rain. God knows it rain.
Rain rain rain rain rain rain rain rain

Chorus
A rain, oh rain oh rain children
Rain, oh, my Lord
Didn’t it, (Yes) didn’t it, (you know it did) didn’t it
oh oh my Lord Didn’t it rain?

Shout Sister Shout
Chorus
Shout sister Shout, Shout, sister shout,
Shout, sister shout
Tell the whole world what it’s all about
Sister Rosetta, Sister Rosetta

Verse
Now listen everybody to the precious words
I’m gonna do some chirping And I ain’t no bird
There’s a reason for living. A reason for dying
A darned good reason why a woman starts crying
A reason for a mole, A reason for a dimple
But there ain’t no reason why a man’s so simple

Chorus
Shout sister Shout, Shout, sister shout,
Shout, sister shout
Tell the whole world what it’s all about

Verse
There’s a way to be brilliant. A way to be a fool
A way to get to heaven. Observe the golden rule
A way to get a sweetheart, A way to get a wife
But the day you quit me brother, that’s the way you lose your life

Chorus
Shout sister Shout, Shout, sister shout,
Shout, sister shout
Tell the whole world what it’s all about

Verse
There’s a reason for a mountain, A reason for a hill
A reason why a doctor gives a patient a pill
A reason to stand. A reason to sing
But there ain’t no reason why a man can’t swing

Call/Response
I can understand the birds, and I can understand the bees
Sister, I can even understand why a rat eats cheese
I can understand my dog
And I can understand your cat
Well fill me full o’ rhythm. Can you understand that?
I gotcha covered sister.

Chorus
Shout sister Shout, Shout, sister shout,
Shout, sister shout
Tell the whole world what it’s all about