from the musical "Singin' in the Rain"
Music by Nacio Herb Brown
Words by Arthur Freed
1929
With a good deal of quiet self-satisfaction I proceeded to play 'The Wedding of the Painted Doll', 'Singin' In the Rain', 'Three Little Words', 'Good-Night, Sweetheart', 'My Love Parade', 'Spring is Here', 'Whose Baby Are You', and part of 'I Want an Automobile With a Horn That Goes Toot-Toot', in the order named; and it was as I was approaching the end of this last number that the telephone rang.
Thank You, Jeeves. 1 Jeeves Gives Notice
I was looking out of the window just now, and I saw him squelching along soaked to the eyebrows. Not a dry stitch on him. It reminded me of that song about singing in the rain, not that he was singing, far from it.
The Girl in Blue. Chapter 13.V