It's Raining, It's Pouring...

What to do on a miserable, rainy New Years Day morning? Why, listen to rain songs, of course.

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Happy New Year to you!

It has been raining in our part of the world for almost the entire year. No, it's not some major climate-change effect, it's just that 2019 is only a few hours old.

Not that I'm complaining. The heat over the Christmas period was exhausting. Huge, dark rain clouds would build up in the afternoon, the wind would pick up and then... nothing. Not a drop of rain. Just more humidity to make the heat even worse.

But a couple of days ago the drought was broken. What a relief! Within hours the lawn seemed to get greener and the wilting plants perked up. It was mercifully cool. It started with an hour or two here and there and by New Year's Eve, you couldn't risk going outside without an umbrella.

At midnight, @kiligirl and I watched the New Year fireworks from our verandah—in the pouring rain. Luckily we had recently put a roof over it. It poured continuously all night.

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We woke up to a miserable, rainy New Year's morning. There didn't seem any point in getting out of bed, so I thought I'd play an impromptu playlist of “rain” songs. Here are the songs.

Have You Ever Seen The Rain - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Set Fire To The Rain - Adele
Nomvula (After The Rain) - Freshlyground
Fire And Rain - James Taylor
Who'll Stop The Rain - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Famous Blue Raincoat - Leonard Cohen
It Never Rains in Southern California - Albert Hammond
Prelude No. 15 in D-Flat Major, “Raindrop” - Frédéric Chopin
It's Raining Men - The Weather Girls
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall - Bob Dylan
Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall - The Ink Spots
The Rain Song - Led Zeppelin
Let It Rain - Eric Clapton
December African Rain - Juluka
Rainy Days And Mondays - Carpenters
Here Comes The Rain Again - Eurythmics
Crying In The Rain - a-ha
Laughter In The Rain - Neil Sedaka
I Love a Rainy Night - Eddie Rabbitt
It's Raining Again - Supertramp
Mandolin Rain - Bruce Hornsby an The Range
Over The Rainbow - Eve Cassidy (especially for @kiligirl)
Purple Rain - Prince

Here is a Spotify link to the playlist, if you'd like to listen to it.

What songs are missing from it?

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Also posted on Weku, @tim-beck, 2019-01-01