Who penned the tune " It Will Rain " ?
It was supposedly written after the resignation of Sir Matthew White - Ridley , a local magistrate , who resigned his office c1795 stating ' Clayton upstairs , Clayton downstairs will never do'The song was first printed as a chapbook by Mrs Angus c1795According to Fordyce , Davidson was an attorney and also penned the poem " Despair in Love , an imprecatory Prayer " , which was also printed by Mrs Angus .