Rat-a-tat-tat Rat-a-tat-tat

The Tin Roof Symphony

Rat-a-tat-tat, Rat-a-tat-tat,

The rain came pouring down just like that!

Like tiny tap shoes, dancing cleverly over my head,

As I lay cozy and warm in my nice soft bed,

The old tin roof played a symphony for me,

As raindrops fell on it so steadily,

Then a crescendo followed as the raindrops grew,

 Thunder rumbled, and the south wind blew,

The percussion section gave a mighty bang,

As the thunderclouds rolled and the windchimes rang,

And the lightning strikes lit up the entire night sky,

I lay awake, and I wondered why,

Why the sound of the rain sounded so good?

On a tin roof, during a dark night in my neighborhood,

As a child, it might have been frightful or scary,

But now it was delightful and made me merry,

Rat-a-tat-tat, Rat-a-tat-tat,

The rain kept falling just like that,

Soothing me slowly back to sleep,

Suddenly I didn’t even hear a peep,

The tin roof symphony had come to an end,

And rainfall on a tin roof was my welcomed friend.

Tammy Harvey

Written:  2/22/2017