Wasn't That A Mighty Storm?

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Wasn't that a mighty storm?
Wasn't that a mighty storm in the morning, well
Wasn't that a mighty storm
That blew all the people all away

You know the year of 1900
Children, many years ago
Death came howling on the ocean
When Death calls, you got to go

Now Galveston had a seawall
To keep the water down
High tide from the ocean
Spread the water over the town

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You know the trumpets give them warning
You'd better leave this place
Now, no one thought of leaving
'til death stared them in the face

And the trains they all were loaded
And the people were all leaving town
The trestle gave way to the water
And the trains they went on down

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Rain it was a' falling
Thunder began to roll
Lightning flashed just like hell fire
The wind began to blow

Death the cruel master
When the wind began to blow
Rode in on a team of horses
I cried, "Death, won't you let me go?"

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Hey, now trees fell on the island
And the houses give away
Some they strained and drowned, honey
Some died in most every way

And the sea began to rolling
And the ships they could not stand
And I heard a captain crying
"God save a drowning man!"

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Death your hands are clammy
You got them on my knee
You come and took my mother
Won't you come back after me

And the flood it took my neighbor
Took my brother too
I thought I heard my father calling
And I watched my mother go

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You know the year of 1900
Children, many years ago
Death came howling on the ocean
When Death calls, you got to go

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