Song Lyrics Unknown - Galveston Flood    [Lyrics & Song Text Archive] lyrics archive>> U>> Unknown Singer Lyrics [Unknown other resources]>> Galveston Flood Song Lyrics Author/Artist/Singer: Unknown Music Title/Track: Galveston Flood Theme ID: 4134 Album: N/A GALVESTON FLOOD It was a September evening when the sky was dark and grey Raging wind and water battled Hell in its sway The rich folk in the mansions and the poor ones in the dell Were swept into eternity the story left to tell Wasn't that a mighty time Wasn't that a mighty time that evening Wasn't that a mighty time When the storm winds struck our town The men left home that morning with hearts cheerful and bright With hopes of home returning, but their hopes weren't raised that night They kissed their wives that morning ands their little ones so dear And the skies were cloudy that morning, but no other grief or care It was a September evening when the storm clouds struck our town It seemed like God up in the Heavens above looked down at us and frowned The town was all in a motion, the men with hearts so brave Prayed to God to have mercy their helpless lives to save There's an engineer and a fireman, engineer had a heart so brave He thought about his wife and his little child and their helpless lives to save Says Jack, the tide is rising and we must get across So they drove the train on over and both those men were lost It was a September evening when the storm was a raging wild I saw a woman clinging, Lord, to her husband and her child The man he battled faithful their helpless lives to save But they soon were beneath that rolling tide They had met a watery grave Well they had a sea wall at Galveston to hold those waters down But the high tide from the ocean, Lord, put water onto the town The trumpets gave them warning, they had better quit that place But they weren't meant to leave their homes till death stared them in the face Now the year was nineteen and hundred, just sixteen years ago Death throwed a stone at my mother, Lord, and with death she had to go The cruel sea was a raging and the ships they could not land I heard a captain crying, Lord, won't you save this dying man Now death, the cruel master, when the winds began to blow Came down on a train of horses, I cried, Death won't you let me go The town was all in a motion and the houses gave away And the people they strived and drowned, Lord, they died most every way Now the storm was over next morning and when the waters backward rolled A thousand souls were drowned, Lord, What a sight it was to behold You can talk about your Brazos and your Johnstown flood of old But the story of the Galveston flood will never, ever be told @water @disaster @death recorded by Golden Ring filename[ GALVFLOD SF ===DOCUMENT BOUNDARY Related Lyrics Random lyrics: Gee Ma I Want To Go Home, General Guiness, General Guinness, General Taylor, Generations Of Change, Gentle Annie, Gently Johnny My Jingalo, Geordie, Geordies Penker, George Collins, Georges Son, Germany Anthem Text, Germany Native Anthem Text, Get Away Old Man, Ghana Anthem Text, Gim Grinning Ghosts, God Rest Ye Marry Gentlemen, Goober Peas, Good Ale, Good Boy, Good Christian Men Rejoice, Good Fish Chowder, Good King Wenceslas, Good Luck To The Barley Mow, Good Night Irene, Good Night Irene Parody, Good Old Jeff, Good Old Mountain Dew, Good Peanuts, Good People, Good Ship Venus, Goodby To The Thirty Foot Trailer, Goodbye Fare Ye Well, Goodbye Old Paint, Goodbye Song, Goodnight Stars, Goodnight Moon, Goodnightloving Trail, Gooey Duck Song, Gory Gory, Gospel Boat, Gospel Changes, Government On Horseback, Gower Wassail, Gpu, Grafted Into The Army, Grandfathers Clock, Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer, Grapes On The Vine, Great Green Gobs, Great Mandela, Other Unknown song Lyrics 99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall Lyrics A Bird in a Gilded Cage Lyrics A Fenian Song Lyrics A Fool Such As I Lyrics A Friend Like You Lyrics A Hero of the Wrong War Lyrics A Horse Named Bill Lyrics A Hundred Years from Now Lyrics A Kangaroo Sat on an Oak Lyrics A Little Bit of Solitude Lyrics A Living Wage Lyrics ...Show All Other Artists Unknown Prophets Lyrics Unleashed Lyrics Unleashed Power Lyrics Unlimited Nation Lyrics Unlimited Sound Lyrics UNLOCO Lyrics Unlord Lyrics UNLV Lyrics Unni Wilhelmsen Lyrics Uno Svenningsson Lyrics All lyrics are property and copyright of their owners and are strictly for educational purposes only. lyricstrue.net Copyright © 2005-2007 All Rights Reserved., , Privacy policy