(with Jerome Kern and Guy Bolton)

  VERSE 1 SHE :

I'm so sad to
Think that I have had to
Drive you from your home so coolly. HE :

I'd be gaining
Nothing by remaining,
What would Mrs. Grundy say?
Her conventions, kindly recollect them!
We must please respect them
Duly. SHE :

My intrusion needs explaining.
I felt my courage waning. HE :

Please, I beg, don't mention it!
I should not mind a bit,
But it has started raining.

  REFRAIN TOGETHER :

Oh, the rain
Comes a-pitter-patter,
And I'd like to be safe in bed.
Skies are weeping
While the world is sleeping,
Trouble heaping
On our head.
It is vain to remain and chatter,
And to wait for a clearer sky;
Helter-skelter
I must fly for shelter
Till the clouds roll by.

  VERSE 2 SHE :

What bad luck, it's
Coming down in buckets,
Have you an umbrella handy? HE :

I've a warm coat,
Waterproof, a storm coat,
I shall be all right, I know.
Later on, too, I will ward the grippe off
With a little nip of
Brandy. SHE :

Or a glass of toddy draining,
You'd find that more sustaining. HE :
Don't be worried, I entreat,
I've rubbers for my feet,
So I don't mind it raining.

  REPEAT REFRAIN