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"I Don't Care if the Rain Comes Down"
       
     
"I Don't Care if the Rain Comes Down"
 


"I Don't Care if the Rain Comes Down," Lyrics, Text Format



Two examples of syncopation, ascending and descending tonic arpeggios, and an ascending tonic octave skip make this a
perfect intermediate tune for voice, recorder, and keyboard.

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Description
 
  • Grade: Fourth

  • Origin: USA - Folk Song - additional verses Jess Buice

  • Key: C Major

  • Time: 2/4

  • Form: staves: AaBb - song AB

  • Rhythm: intermediate: | ti ti ti ti ri | syncopation,
    | ti ti ta | ti ti ri ti ti | syncopation, | ta (ta) |
    | ta ta | ti ri ti ri ta ta |

  • Pitches: intermediate: Do Re Mi Fa So Do

  • Intervals: intermediate: Do/Mi, So\Do, Do/Do ascending tonic octave skip, Do\So\Mi descending tonic arpeggio

  • Musical Elements: notes: quarter, eighth, sixteenth; rest: quarter; octave skip, tonic arpeggios, each line and phrase ends with a rest

  • Key Words: USA history, rainy day song, bad weather song: rain, sun, wind; dance all day, I don't care, carry me away, shine, down; contractions: don't (do not), I'm (I am), gonna (going to); abbreviation: 'round (around)

  • Recorder: intermediate: excellent for practicing the lower register: tonic (C) through the dominate (G), with an added tonic octave skip

  • Keyboard: intermediate: a five finger exercise with an octave skip

 
 


"I Don't Care if the Rain Comes Down"

       
  1. I don't care if the rain comes down,
I'm gonna dance all day,
I don't care if the rain comes down,
I'm gonna dance all day.
 
    Refrain:  
    Hey, hey carry me away,
I'm gonna dance all day,
Hey, hey carry me away,
I'm gonna dance all day.
 
 
2.
I don't care if the sun don't shine,
I'm gonna dance all day,
I don't care if the sun don't shine,
I'm gonna dance all day.
 
    Refrain  
  3. I don't care if the wind blows 'round,
I'm gonna dance all day,
I don't care if the wind blows 'round,
I'm gonna dance all day.
 
    Refrain  
  4. I don't care if the weather's bad,
I'm gonna dance all day,
I don't care if the weather's bad,
I'm gonna dance all day.
 
    Refrain  
       


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