A fox trot intermezzo from 1932
Words by Erell Reaves
Music by Sherman Myers
The sheet music:
Lyrics
When the rain is pattering helter skelter
And the butterflies are caught out in the rain
Leafy hollyhocks will murmur, “Come and shelter
Until the rainbow shines again”
In the heart of every rose, a haven
From the pitter, patter, pitter, pat refrain
There’s protection from the showers
In the sympathetic flowers
For the butterflies in the rain
Pretty things, you’ll have to fold your wings
Waiting for the brightness that the sun showers
‘Neath the broad protection of the sunflowers
Gone the rain, the sky is clear again
You you can carry on your sweet flirtation
With ever blushing rose
When the rain is pattering helter skelter
And the butterflies are caught out in the rain
Leafy hollyhocks will murmur, “Come and shelter
Until the rainbow shines again”
In the heart of every rose, a haven
From the pitter, patter, pitter, pat refrain
There’s protection from the showers
In the sympathetic flowers
For the butterflies in the rain