Galveston Flood
Tony Rice
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G C It was the year of 1900 that wasG 80 years ago Death come'd a howling on the oceanC and when death calls you've got toG go Galveston had a sea wall just toC G keep the water down But a high tide from the ocean blewC G the water all over the town [Chorus]G Wasn't that a mighty stormC G Wasn't that a mighty storm in the morning Wasn't that a mighty stormC G It blew all the people away [Verse]G The sea began to rolling the shipsC G they could not landC I heard a captain crying Oh GodG save a drowning man The rain it was a falling and theC G thunder began to roll The lightning flashed like Hell-fireC G and the wind began to blow [Bridge] The trees fell on the island and theC G houses gave awayContinúa después del anuncioSome they strived and drowndedC Gm others died every wy [Chorus]G Wasn't that a mighty stormC G Wasn't that a mighty storm in the morning Wasn't that a mighty stormC G It blew all the people away [Verse]G The trains at the station wereC loaded with the people all leavingG town But the trestle gave way with theC water and the trains they went onG down Old death the cruel master when theC G winds began to blow Rode in on a team of horses andC G cried death won't you let me go [Chorus]G Wasn't that a mighty stormC G Wasn't that a mighty storm in the morning Wasn't that a mighty stormC G It blew all the people away [Verse]G C The flood it took my mother itG took my brother too I thought I heard my father call asC G I watched my mother go Old death your hands are clammy whenC G you've got them on my knee You come and took my mother won'tC G you come back after me? [Chorus]G Wasn't that a mighty stormC G Wasn't that a mighty storm in the morning Wasn't that a mighty stormC G It blew all the people away [Chorus]G Wasn't that a mighty stormC G Wasn't that a mighty storm in the morning Wasn't that a mighty stormC G It blew all the people away