When it rains in Californy
It makes the tourist mad,
But folks that’s got the crops to raise
Is feelin’ mighty glad;
I stand out in the showers,
Wet as a drownded rat,
And watch the grain a-growin’,
And the cattle gettin’ fat.
Sorry for them Easterners,
Kickin’ like Sam Hill,
But the sun-kissed land is thirsty
And wants to drink its fill.
Oh, hear the poppies laughin’,
And the happy mockers sing,
When it rains in Californy,
Through the glory of the spring.
(John Steven McGroarty)
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