White Man’s Recant

Filker Leslie Fish has a plea to Thor for rain called “White Man’s Rain Chant.” She performed this at FenCon during a time of severe drought.

A year or two later the situation had changed somewhat, and I came back with this…

Words: Joseph Abbott
Music: “White Man’s Rain Chant,” Leslie Fish

CHORUS: Hey, Thor, god of thunder,
     Master of the winds of the western world,
     Set your hammer down —
     We’re tired of lightning and of storms.

Often we have sung your rain chant,
     Master of the winds of the western world,
Now, I think, we’d like to recant,
     Tired of lightning and of storms. CHORUS

Last year, we had drought to haunt us,
     Master of the winds of the western world,
Now it seems you want to taunt us,
     Tired of lightning and of storms. CHORUS

I know we may sound like grinches,
     Master of the winds of the western world,
But we’ve had over forty inches,
     Tired of lightning and of storms. CHORUS

It’s really not that hard a riddle,
     Master of the winds of the western world,
Give us one year in the middle,
     Tired of lightning and of storms. CHORUSx2