# In the early morning rain

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-early-morning-rain/699638>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 26, 2014, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-early-morning-rain/699638 "2014-09-26T14:59:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![harmonicamoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/65b543/32.png) [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2014, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-early-morning-rain/699638/1 "2014-09-26T14:59:32Z")

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I woke up this morning to the sound of rain. Here in the tropics, we don’t normally get rain in the morning. Usually comes as “cats and dogs” in the afternoon.  
And the rain drizzle smelled so good! I made some coffee and sought out Gordon Lightfoot on YouTube.  
I was surprised to see more than 20 different covers of this tune. Alyson Krauss, Grateful Dead, and many more artists I had never heard of. Gracias, YouTube!

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**Author:** ![JWT\_Kottekoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3ec8ea/32.png) [@JWT\_Kottekoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JWT_Kottekoe)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2014, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-early-morning-rain/699638/2 "2014-09-27T02:31:18Z")

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Hats off to Gordon, it’s a beautiful song. Peter, Paul, and Mary did a nice cover. I also heard Fess Parker perform it live at the State Fair ca. 1970.