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Thanks, I didn't know about that putting "-a" after a word.

Thanks, I thought of that possibility too. “I'm a-walking in the rain” fits into the rhythm of the above mentioned song better than “I'm walking in the rain”.

Thank you both, especially Yaga for the detailed answer.

Actually, the first example is from the song "Runaway" and the second is from Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe which I'm now reading. I can...

I come upon this construction from time to time:

“I'm a-walking in the rain”

“I went a-fishing”

Why is the letter “a” sometimes placed before the verb form “-ing”? Does it simply show that...