Tony Rice - Galveston flood

It was the ^Gyear of 1900 that was ^C80 years a^Ggo Death come'd a howling on the ocean and when ^Cdeath calls you've got to ^Ggo Galveston had a sea wall just to ^Ckeep the water ^Gdown But a high tide from the ocean blew the w^Cater all over the ^Gtown

^GWasn't that a mighty storm ^CWasn't that a mighty ^Gstorm in the morning

It blew all the ^Cpeople a^Gway [Verse] The s^Gea began to rolling the ships they ^Ccould not ^Gland I heard a captain crying ^COh God save a drowning ^Gman The rain it was a falling and the ^Cthunder began to ^Groll The lightning flashed like Hell-fire and the ^Cwind began to ^Gblow

The trees fell on the island and the ^Chouses gave a^Gway Some they strived and drownded ^Cothers died every ^Gmwy

^GWasn't that a mighty storm ^CWasn't that a mighty ^Gstorm in the morning

It blew all the ^Cpeople a^Gway [Verse] The ^Gtrains at the station were loaded with the peo^Cple all leaving t^Gown But the trestle gave way with the water and the ^Ctrains they went on ^Gdown Old death the cruel master when the ^Cwinds began to ^Gblow Rode in on a team of horses and cried ^Cdeath won't you let me ^Ggo

^GWasn't that a mighty storm ^CWasn't that a mighty ^Gstorm in the morning

It blew all the ^Cpeople a^Gway [Verse] The ^Gflood it took my mother it ^Ctook my brother ^Gtoo I thought I heard my father call as I ^Cwatched my mother ^Ggo Old death your hands are clammy when you've ^Cgot them on my ^Gknee You come and took my mother won't you ^Ccome back after ^Gme?

^GWasn't that a mighty storm ^CWasn't that a mighty ^Gstorm in the morning

It blew all the ^Cpeople a^Gway [Chorus] ^GWasn't that a mighty storm ^CWasn't that a mighty ^Gstorm in the morning

It blew all the ^Cpeople a^Gway