Rain Dance

Rain, rain, go away,
Come again another day.
Rain, rain, go to Spain,
Never show your face again.

The expression 'raining cats and dogs' is sometimes thought to reflect the dismal times in 17th century England, the streets rich with refuse, including dead cats and dogs, that flowed down hill during a heavy downfall. Clever Brits.

Odin, the father of storms, rode with dogs as attendants, while cats caused storms.

The French claim it comes from their word 'catadoupe' which means waterfall. And of course the Spanish Armada was defeated as much by the bad weather as the English and gave us the rhyme at the top.

Raindrops keep falling on my head.
Who'll stop the rain?
Don't rain on my parade.
Rainy nights in Georgia.

78% water and we don't like rain. Go figure.

Kids like rain, though. Running barefoot in the yard, splashing through the puddles and getting as wet as you could was necessary whenever the skies opened and all those cats and dogs came falling to earth. It's a wonder no one was ever killed. Do it. Strip down to your skivvies and go play in the rain. Walk tall, instead of hunched over and miserable. It's only water. You'll thank me later. Do it.