Connolly is a Dublin-born singer who has lived and worked in Ireland. She i… Read Full Bio ↴Connolly is a Dublin-born singer who has lived and worked in Ireland. She is primarily known for her work with composer Shaun Davey Shaun Davey who wrote a song cycle for her called 'Granuaile' based on the 16th century pirate queen Gráinne O'Malley as well as including her in other of his works such as 'The Relief of Derry Symphony', 'The Pilgrim Suite' and his Special Olympics music which was specially composed in 2003. Rita sang the anthem song 'May We Never Have to Say Goodbye' which topped the charts for four weeks. She has also produced two solo albums one with the eponymous title 'Rita Connolly' and the second 'Valpariso'on the Tara Music label.

In more recent times she has collaborated again with Davey (who is also her husband) and Co. Kerry based musicians (Seamus Begley, Éilís Ní Chinneide, Laurence Courtney, Daithí Ó Sé, Eoin Begley)to produce a unique body of work based on local poet Caoimhin O Cinneide's poetry which they converted into a group of songs and they now perform these as a band called Beal Tuinne. Rita has also been performing with other musicians such as Liam O'Flynn, Arty McGlynn, Neil Martin, Sean Keane, Noel Eccles and Shaun Davey in a new venture called The Funeral Band. She has also been performing in a quartet with her husband Shaun Davey and guitarist Gerry O'Beirne and concertina player Eoin Begley.

Rita has sung for and with many of the great names in Irish music including Shaun Davey, Bill Whelan, Donal Lunny, Andy Irvine, Christy Moore, Luka Bloom and Jimmy McCarthy. She has also sung songs for theatre, television and film including The Deer's Cry for 'Who Bombed Birmingham' and Todavia Cantamos for 'The Tailor of Panama'. She has sung in many great venues including the National Concert Hall, Dublin, The Albert Hall, London and Chicago Symphony Centre, Chicago.

Stormy Weather
Rita Connolly Lyrics

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Don't know why
Ain't no sun up in the sky
Stormy weather
Since my man and I ain't together
Keeps raining all of the time

In despair
Gloom and misery everywhere

Stormy weather
Just can't pull my poor self together
So weary all of the time

Day he went away
The blues came in and met me
If he don't come back
Old rocking chair will get me
All I do is pray the Lord above
Will let me
Walk in the sun once more

Can't go on
All I have in life is gone
Stormy wheather

Since my man and I ain't together
Keeps raining all of the time

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Rita Connolly's Stormy Weather depict a woman's emotional struggles after her man leaves her. The first line, "Don't know why," suggests confusion about the reason he left. The line, "Ain't no sun up in the sky," signifies that happiness has eluded her since the breakup. She feels such great sorrow that everything around her seems to be in despair – "Gloom and misery everywhere." The repetition of the phrase "stormy weather" throughout the song emphasizes her emotional turmoil as she tries to cope with the loss of her man.

The woman's inability to move on is shown in the lines, "Just can't pull my poor self together, so weary all of the time." Depression and sadness have overtaken her, and it appears as if there is no hope for her future happiness without her man. The lyrics, "If he don't come back, old rocking chair will get me," suggest that she is contemplating giving up on life altogether. However, she still holds on to a glimmer of hope indicated by her line, "All I do is pray the Lord above will let me walk in the sun once more."

Line by Line Meaning

Don't know why
I don't know the reason behind this gloomy weather

Ain't no sun up in the sky
The sky is cloudy and there is no sunshine

Stormy weather
The current weather is tumultuous and turbulent

Since my man and I ain't together
Since my partner and I are not united

Keeps raining all of the time
It continually pours without halting

In despair
I am severely depressed

Gloom and misery everywhere
Everywhere I turn, there is feeling encapsulated with depression and unhappiness

Just can't pull my poor self together
I am unable to get myself up

So weary all of the time
I continuously feel tired

Day he went away
The day he departed

The blues came in and met me
I began to feel sadness and depression