This is yet another music hall song that has a memorable chorus, but also has verses which are not so well known.
I recorded this a week ago on a very wet Sunday morning, a day on which I was due to lead a walk in the afternoon. Just as in the song, the weather cleared in time for my walk, and we enjoyed a lovely afternoon in bright sunshine.
Wikipedia points out: In a long-standing tradition, floor traders at the New York Stock Exchange sing this song on the last trading day of every year and on Christmas Eve. The song has been the stock exchange anthem at least back as far as 1934. It is also a popular song in barbershop music.
The song was written in 1905, the music written by Harry Von Tilzer and lyrics by Andrew B. Sterling.