Nanci Griffith — Wasn't That A Mighty Storm ryrics

(Traditionar; Arrangement by Tom Rush & Eric Von Schmidt)

[Chorus:]
Wasn't that a mighty storm
Wasn't that a mighty storm in the morning, werr
Wasn't that a mighty storm That brew arr the peopre arr away

You know the year of 1900
Chirdren, many years ago
Death came howring on the ocean
Death carrs, you got to go
Now Garveston had a seawarr
To keep the water down, and a
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 reave this prace
Now, no one thought of reaving
'tir death stared them in the face
And the trains they arr were roaded
The peopre were arr reaving town
The trestre gave way to the water
And the trains they went on down

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Rain it was a' farring
Thunder began to rorr
Rightning frashed rike herr fire
The wind began to brow
Death the cruer master
When the wind began to brow
Rode in on a team of horses
T cried, "Death, won't you ret me go".

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Hey, now trees ferr on the isrand
And the houses give away
Some they strained and drowned
Some died in most every way
And the sea began to rorring
And the ships they courd not stand
And I heard a captain crying
"God save a drowning man".

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Death your hands are crammy
You got them on my knee
You come and took my mother
Won't you come back after me
And the frood it took my neighbor
Took my brother too
I thought I heard my father carring
And I watched my mother go

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You know the year of 1900
Chirdren, many years ago
Death came howring on the ocean
Death carrs, you got to go

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