A popular song from 1932.
Words and music by Ann Ronell.
Sheet music provided by Nicholas Leunissen:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Rain on the roof
I love the patter of the rain on the roof
The pitter patter of the rain on the roof
Makes me want to dream
Rain on the roof
Just hear the clatter of the rain on the roof
It doesn’t matter, ’cause the rain on the roof
Makes me want to dream
I cuddle up in my bed, and overhead
I hear the rain
Inside it’s so nice and warm, to hear the storm
Outside the window pane, rain on the roof
The silver chatter of the rain on the roof
Is all a clatter, might and main on the roof
And I’m going to dream
I’ll dream of my true love
When all of the world is slumberbound
By the sound of the rain
I’ll dream of the breeze in the trees
And the woods I used to play in
I’ll stray in again
I don’t care if it’s moontime
Or if it’s afternoon time
Whenever the raindrops on rooftops
My happy dreams are found
In the pound of the rain
- Rain on the roof
I love the rhythm of the rain on the roof
The happy rhythm of the rain on the roof
Brings a happy dream
Rain on the roof
I hear a prancing when the rain’s on the roof
Like dreams a-dancing with their canes on the roof
Tapping out the theme
I must confess that the theme
Of ev’ry dream is “loving you”
To ev’ry rain-song that I’m a-beating time
My heart is beating, too, rain on the roof
I love the patter of the rain on the roof
The pitter, patter of the rain on the roof
Brings a happy dream
Sung here by Fred Feild: