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Janos Gereben on Arlen and Mercer's "Come Rain or Come Shine":

>Just as she sings Isolde's killer role with a voice that flows from her
>naturally, inexorably, she sang the Johnny Mercer text in Arlen's simple,
>appealing harmonies from the heart, without a smidgen of artifice.

Appealing, yes.  Simple, no.  See particularly what happens at the words,
"But I'm with you always, I'm with you rain or come shine."

Steve Schwartz

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