(Traditional; Arrangement by Tom Rush & Eric Von Schmidt)
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Wasn't that a mighty storm
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Wasn't that a mighty storm in the morning, well
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Wasn't that a mighty storm That blew all the people all away
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You know the year of 1900
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Children, many years ago
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Death came howling on the ocean
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Death calls, you got to go
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Now Galveston had a seawall
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To keep the water down, and a
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High tide from the ocean
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Spread the water over the town
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[Chorus]
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You know the trumpetS give them warning
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You'd better leave this place
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Now, no one thought of leaving
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'til death stared them in the face
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And the trains they all were loaded
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The people were all leaving town
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The trestle gave way to the water
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And the trains they went on down
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[Chorus]
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Rain it was a' falling
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Thunder began to roll
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Lightning flashed like hell fire
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The wind began to blow
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Death the cruel master
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When the wind began to blow
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Rode in on a team of horses
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T cried, "Death, won't you let me go".
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[Chorus]
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Hey, now trees fell on the island
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And the houses give away
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Some they strained and drowned
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Some died in most every way
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And the sea began to rolling
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And the ships they could not stand
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And I heard a captain crying
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"God save a drowning man".
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[Chorus]
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Death your hands are clammy
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You got them on my knee
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You come and took my mother
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Won't you come back after me
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And the flood it took my neighbor
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Took my brother too
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I thought I heard my father calling
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And I watched my mother go
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[Chorus]
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You know the year of 1900
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Children, many years ago
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Death came howling on the ocean
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Death calls, you got to go
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[Chorus 2x]
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Wasn't That A Mighty Storm
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| Nanci Griffith |
