Lyrics to Didnt-it-rain-armstrong

Refrain:
Didn't it rain, children?
My Lord.
Didn't it rain, didn't it rain?

Now it rained 40 days and 40 nights without stopping,
Noah was there when the rain started dropping.
He was so very busy cause the rain wasn't stopping,
That he couldn't hear the angels when they moaned:

Now it rained 40 days and 40 nights you couldn't see,
Some climbed the mountain and some climbed a tree,
Some were busy rowing, shouting ‘Noah rescue me’
That he couldn't hear the angels when they moaned:

Now the people was going from door to door,
Crying old Noah, Take on some more
But he had the windows locked so they beat on the door,
That he couldn't hear the angels when they moaned:

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