Didn't It Rain

This article is about the gospel song. For the album by Songs: Ohia, see Didn't It Rain (Songs: Ohia album). For the album and cover by Hugh Laurie, see Didn't It Rain (Hugh Laurie album).

"Didn't It Rain", sometimes given as "Oh, Didn't It Rain", is a spiritual about Noah's flood.^[1][2] In 1919 it appeared as sheet music in an arrangement for voice and piano by Henry Thacker Burleigh (1866–1949).^[3]

Modern versions

• The Galilee Singers (1923-1929?)
• Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1948)
• Mahalia Jackson (1955)
• LaVern Baker (1959)
• Fern Jones (1959)
• Dave van Ronk (1964)
• Joe & Eddie (1964)
• Marion Williams (1967)
• Evelyn Freeman Roberts (1962)^[4][5]
• The Band (1973)
• Rev. James Cleveland (1982)
• Tom Jones (2010)
• Johnny Cash (2012)
• Hugh Laurie (2013)
• Amy Helm (2015)
• Glen David Andrews (2014)
• In 2020, Vika and Linda cover the song for their album, Sunday (The Gospel According to Iso).^[6][7]
• Jake Blount reworks the song for his album "The New Faith" (2022)
• Joelly Group the song "Oh, Didn't It Rain" (2025)