Who penned the tune " It Will Rain " ?
Mr James , Davidson ( who lived in the late eighteenth / early nineteenth century ) was a Tyneside songwriter , and , according to the information given by W & T Fordyce ( publishers ) in “ The Tyne Songster ” published in 1840 , has the song " An Old And Curious Song ( On The Late Mr R Clayton Being Made An Alderman ) " attributed to his name .