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Album: Chris Rea & Friends 2006
Thanks to you Hernan :)


St. Swithin's Day is 15 July, a day on which people watch the weather for tradition says that whatever the weather is like on St. Swithin's Day, it will continue so for the next forty days.

There is a weather-rhyme is well known throughout the British Isles since Elizabethan times. copied from projectbritain.com

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For forty days it will remain
St. Swithin's day if thou be fair
For forty days 'twill rain nae mair.'

dost = does
thou = you
nae mair = no more.


Lyrics:
On St. Swithun's Day it was a clear day
And then it rained for forty days and forty nights
I went my way, you went your way
But we'll meet together in the night
As real as two dreamers in the night

As your bridges burn
As the seasons turn
As your bridges burn
St. Swithun's still shinin' bright

It was a clear day on St. Swithun's Day
And then it rained for forty days and forty nights
But when a brother wronged is just another song
You'll find you've gotta do the thing that's right
Yes you're finally gonna do the thing that's right

As your bridges burn
And the seasons turn
As your bridges burn
St. Swithun's still shinin' bright

Oh, yeah yeah
It was St. Swithun's Day
St. Swithun's Day
St. Swithun's Day
St. Swithun's Day
St. Swithun's Day

It was a clear day
St. Swithun's Day
St. Swithun's Day
It was St. Swithun's Day
St. Swithun's Day