Jane's Big Umbrella 1935

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 10 Oct 2006
2006

Last Sunday they had prayed for rain,
today they were to pray again,
and so to church went little Jane,
and took her big umbrella.
And how the congregation smiled,
as into church they slowly filed,
to see so grave and small a child
with such a big umbrella!

From porch and pane the sun stream'd thro'
on blistered paint and stifling pew,
as Hope grew faint, Faith weaker grew,
but Jane had her umbrella!
The Parson said the prayer for rain,
a formal prayer it seemd in vain
"Amen" they said, "Amen" said Jane
and hugged her big umbrella.

Great drops fell from a brooding sky,
and frightened people scurried by
a little girl all calm and dry,
beneath her big umbrella.
The lightning flashed, the thunder roared,
the rain, the rain in torrents poured,
the Parson said: "I knew the Lord
would see Jane's big umbrella!"

Soft karaoke
Words
piano
piano
piano
piano
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Jane's Big Umbrella 1935
Music by Kennedy Russell
Lyrics by Arthur Stanley
© MCMXXXV by Enoch & Sons(1927) Ltd.  London
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Tuesday 10 October 2006 at 12.48pm
in association with Doug Grierson
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