The Rain Don't Fall on Me

"The Rain Don't Fall on Me"
"The Rain Don't Fall on Me"
Single by Blind Willie Johnson
Recorded	Atlanta, Georgia; April 20, 1929
Genre	Gospel blues
Length	3:19
Label	Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Traditional

RecordedAtlanta, Georgia; April 20, 1929

GenreGospel blues

Length3:19

LabelColumbia

"The Rain Don't Fall on Me" is a gospel blues song recorded in 1929 by Blind Willie Johnson (vocals and guitar) and Willie B. Harris (vocals), who is thought to have been Johnson's first wife.^[1]

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Original Columbia 78 rpm records (chronological)	"Jesus Make Up My Dying Bed" / "I Know His Blood Can Make Me Whole" "Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground" / "It's Nobody's Fault but Mine" "Mother's Children Have a Hard Time" / "If I Had My Way I'd Tear the Building Down" "I'm Gonna Run to the City of Refuge" "Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning" / "Lord I Just Can't Keep From Crying" "God Don't Never Change" / "Let Your Light Shine on Me" "Bye and Bye I'm Goin' to See the King" / "You'll Need Somebody on Your Bond" "God Moves on the Water" / "Take Your Burden to the Lord and Leave It There" "John the Revelator" / "You're Gonna Need Somebody on Your Bond" "The Rain Don't Fall on Me" / "Trouble Will Soon Be Over" "Praise God I'm Satisfied" / "When the War Was On" "Can't Nobody Hide from God" / "If It Had Not Been For Jesus" "The Soul of a Man" / "Church, I'm Fully Saved To-Day" "Go with Me to That Land" / "Everybody Ought to Treat a Stranger Right" "Take Your Stand" / "Sweeter as the Years Roll By"
Compilation albums	The Complete Blind Willie Johnson (1993) The Soul of a Man (2003) American Epic: The Best of Blind Willie Johnson (2017)
Related articles	List of songs (with recording & catalogue details)

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