Whether the Weather

DESCRIPTION: "Whether the weather be cold or whether the weather be hot, Whether the weather be nice or whether the weather be not, Whatever the weather, we'll weather the weather, Whether we like it or not." The traditional version is just the chorus of the original
AUTHOR: original words: Fred G. Bowles / Music: Brenda Gayne
EARLIEST DATE: 1918 (sheet music)
KEYWORDS: wordplay campsong
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REFERENCES (3 citations):
Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs, p. 130, "Whether the Weather" (notes only)
Zander/Klusmann-CampSongsNThings, p. 52, "Weather the Weather" (1 text, 1 tune, which despite the listed title uses the text "Whether the weather")
Zander/Klusmann-CampSongsPopularEdition, p. 8, "Weather the Weather" (1 text, which despite the listed title uses the text "Whether the weather")
NOTES [21 words]: Thanks to Jim Dixon for finding the original sheet music. No one seems to remember any part of the song except the chorus. - RBW
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File: ACSF130W

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