Rain Rain go away, says the monsters.
"Rain Rain Go Away" is a nursery rhyme that dates back to the seventeenth century, and it is found in multiple societies.
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- Bob and the Kids sing the rhyme on Sesame Street Episode 0167 from under the awning of Hooper's Store so they can resume their ball game.
- Big Bird, Gordon, and the kids chant the rhyme in Episode 0263 while they take cover in the arbor after getting rained out of the yard.
- Sesame Street monsters, including Herry Monster want the rain to end so they can play in Sesame Street's Mother Goose Rhymes.
- In Muppet Babies' Classic Nursery Rhymes, the Muppet Babies sit in a baseball dugout wishing the rain away.
- The Babies also take on the rhyme in the Big Book of Nursery Rhymes & Fairy Tales.
- The poem is featured in The Sesame Street 1981 Mother Goose Calendar.