You know the year of 1900,
That was sixty years ago,
Death come howling on the ocean,
Death calls, you got to go.
Now Galveston had a seawall
To keep the water down
But high tide from the ocean
Spread the water over the town.
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Wasn't that a mighty storm,
Yes an' that a mighty storm
in the morning,
Wasn't that a mighty storm,
Now it blew all the people all away.
You know the trumpets give them warning,
Said you'd better leave this place.
Whoa, no one thought of leaving
Till death stared them in the face.
Then the trains at the station
were loadin',
All the people leaving town,
An' the trestle give way
without warning,
The train they went on down.
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Ya, the rain it was a' falling,
Thunder began to roll,
Lightning flashed like hell fire,
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,
Cried, "Death, won't you let me go".
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You know trees fell on the island
And the houses give away.
Some they strained and drowned,
Some died in most every way
And the sea began to rolling
Mean'd the ships they could not land
And I heard a captain crying
"God save the drowning man".
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Ah, the 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
An' it took my brother too,
I thought I heard my father call...
I watched my mother go.
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You know the year of 1900,
Children, sixty years ago,
Death come howling on the ocean,
Death calls, you got to go.
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