What does Rain Rain Go Away mean?
Children ask the rain to stop so they can go outside and play, telling it to come back some other day instead. It is a simple, hopeful rhyme about wishing for sunshine.
What Rain Rain Go Away teaches
Beyond being fun to sing, this rhyme quietly builds several early skills:
- Weather words and what rain is
- Expressing a wish and a feeling
- Simple, repeating lines that are easy to learn
- A steady, chantable rhythm
When your child knows it well, our coloring pages carry the same early skills into playful practice.
Where Rain Rain Go Away comes from
Rain Rain Go Away is a very old English rhyme, with versions written down as far back as the 1600s and 1700s. Children have chanted it at rainy windows for hundreds of years.
Fun activities
- Chant it together while watching the rain
- Talk about what you will do when the sun comes out
- Draw a rainy day and then a sunny one
Frequently asked questions
What are the words to Rain Rain Go Away?
Rain, rain, go away, come again another day. Little children want to play, rain, rain, go away.
What does Rain Rain Go Away teach?
It introduces weather in a playful way, lets children express a simple wish, and its repeating lines make it very easy for young ones to join in.
How old is the Rain Rain Go Away rhyme?
It is several hundred years old, with versions recorded in the 1600s and 1700s, so it is firmly in the public domain.