I Hear America Singing - Drought and Rain

By Ross Burns

Published April 26, 2025 at 7:30 PM CDT

In Texas, we always seem to be caught between drought and floods. Ross has assembled a shower of songs about both.

I HEAR AMERICA SINGING - DROUGHT AND RAIN

1. Too Much Pepper by J. Frank Dobie
2. Blowin’ Down That Old Dusty Road by Woody Guthrie
3. It Ain’t Gonna Rain No More by Mance Lipscomb
4. Dusty Skies by Willie Nelson
5. Texas Trilogy: Bosque County Romance by Frummox
6. I Wish It Would Rain by Nanci Griffith
7. Prayin’ for Rain by Ruthie Foster
8. It Never Rains on Me by Quartette
9. Cool Water by Sons of the Pioneers
10. Song of the Rain by Inka Wayra
11. It’s Raining by Peter, Paul, & Mary
12. Oh, the Wind and The Rain by J. Michael Combs
13. Early Morning Rain by Gordon Lightfoot
14. If I Could be the Rain by Rosalie Sorrels
15. Since the Rain by Ian Tyson
16. Don’t Let the Rain Come Down by Serendipity Singers
17. Looking for the Sunshine by Kingston Trio

I Hear America Singing

Ross Burns

A native of Austin, Texas, Ross grew up in the midst of the Urban Folk Revival of the 1950s and 60s. His first introduction to folk music was the Kingston Trio with their million selling albums. From there, he went forward, backwards and sideways collecting music all along the way. He is a retired librarian and a student of history.

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