Nanci Griffith Wasn't That a Mighty Storm lyrics

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, death calls, you got to go
Now Galveston had a seawall to keep the water down
A high tide from the ocean spread the water over the town

And 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

The trumpets give them warning, you'd better leave this place
Now, no one thought of leaving till 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

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

Rain it was a' falling, thunder began to roll
Lightning flashed 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"

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


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"

And 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

Well 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

And 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 many years ago
Death came howling on the ocean, death calls, you got to go

It 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

And 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