"When the Rain Tumbles Down in July" is an Australian country music song written by Slim Dusty.
It has been covered by several other artists including Lee Kernaghan, Graeme Connors as well as Dusty's daughter Anne Kirkpatrick.
"When the Rain Tumbles Down in July" is one of the earliest compositions of Australian country music singer Slim Dusty, Australia's most prolific musical artist.
In 1947, Dusty signed his first recording contract with the Columbia Graphophone Co. for the Regal Zonophone label and recorded six titles including "When The Rain Tumbles Down in July".
It concerns the flood season in the mountainous Macleay Valley where Slim Dusty grew up in the 1930s and early 1940s.