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Monday, April 9, 2007

April showers

You may have heard the expression "April showers bring May flowers". Let's hope it's true this year, because so far we've had plenty of showers!

Or perhaps you prefer "the rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain", from My Fair Lady and Pygmalion.
Poor Professor Higgins
Poor Professor Higgins
Night and day he slaves away
Oh, poor Professor Higgins
All day long on his feet
Up and down until he's numb
Doesn't rest, doesn't eat
Doesn't touch a crumb

Poor Professor Higgins
Poor Professor Higgins
On he plods against all odds
Oh, poor Professor Higgins
Nine P.M., ten P.M.
On through midnight ev'ry night
One A.M., two A.M.
Three...!

Quit, Professor Higgins
Quit, Professor Higgins
Hear our plea, or payday we
Will quit, Professor Higgins
"Ay" not "I", "O" not "Ow"
Pounding, pounding in our brain
"Ay" not "I", "O" not "Ow"
Don't say "Rine," say "Rain"...

The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain!
I think she's got it! I think she's got it!
The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain!
By George, she's got it! By George, she's got it!
Now, once again where does it rain?
On the plain! On the plain!
And where's that soggy plain?
In Spain! In Spain!

The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain!
The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain!

In Hartford, Heresford, and Hampshire?
Hurricanes hardly happen
How kind of you to let me come!

Now once again, where does it rain?
On the plain! On the plain!
And where's that blasted plain?
In Spain! In Spain!

The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain!
The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain!

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