Galveston Flood

You know the year of 1900
That was sixty years ago
Death come howling on the ocean
Death call, you got to go
Now Galveston had a sea wall
Just to keep the water down
But high tide from the ocean
Spread the water over the town

Oh, wasn't that a mighty storm
Yeah, that a mighty storm in the morning
Oh, wasn't that a mighty storm
That blew all the people all away

You know the trumpet give them warning
Said you'd better leave this place
Oh, no one thought of leaving
Till death stared them in the face
Then the train at the station were loaded
All the people leaving town
And the trestle give way with the water
The train, they went on down

Oh, wasn't that a mighty storm
Yeah, that a mighty storm in the morning
Oh, wasn't that a mighty storm
That blew all the people all away

Yeah, the rain it was a-falling
Thunder began to roll
Lightning flashed like hellfire
Yes, the wind began to blow
And it's 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?"

Oh, wasn't that a mighty storm
Yeah, that a mighty storm in the morning
Oh, wasn't that a mighty storm
That blew all the people all away

You know the trees fell on the island
The houses give away
Some they strived and drowned
And some died in most every way
And the sea began to rolling
Mean the ships they could not land
And I heard the captain crying
"God save a drowning man"

Oh, wasn't that a mighty storm
Yeah, that a mighty storm in the morning
Oh, wasn't that a mighty storm
That blew all the people all away

Oh, the death your hands are clammy
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
And it took my brother too
I thought I heard my father call
I watched my mother go

Oh, wasn't that a mighty storm
Yeah, that a mighty storm in the morning
Oh, wasn't that a mighty storm
That blew all the people all away

You know the year of 1900
Children, sixty years ago
Death come howling on the ocean
Death call, you got to go

Oh, wasn't that a mighty storm
Yeah, that a mighty storm in the morning
Oh, wasn't that a mighty storm
That blew all the people all away

Oh, wasn't that a mighty storm
Yeah, that a mighty storm in the morning
Oh, wasn't that a mighty storm
That blew all the people all away