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Wasn't that a mighty storm |
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Wasn't that a mighty storm in the morning |
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Say, wasn't that a mighty storm |
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Blew all the people away |
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Well, Galveston had a sea wall |
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Meant to keep the water down |
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High tide from the ocean |
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Sent water over Galveston |
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Wasn't that a mighty storm |
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Wasn't that a mighty storm in the morning |
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Say, wasn't that a mighty storm |
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Blew all the people away |
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Yeah, year was 1900 |
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Fifty long years ago |
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Death came walking on the water that day |
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Death calls, you gotta go |
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Now the trumpets,they sounded warning |
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Said it's time to leave this place |
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But no one thought about leaving town |
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Til death stared them in the face |
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Wasn't that a mighty storm |
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Wasn't that a mighty storm in the morning |
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Say, wasn't that a mighty storm |
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Blew all the people away |
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Right then the sea started boiling |
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A thing that no ship could stand |
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I thought I heard a captain crying out |
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Somebody save a drowning man |
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They had two trains loaded |
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With people trying to leave town |
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Tracks gave way to the water now |
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And all of those people drowned |
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Wasn't that a mighty storm |
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Wasn't that a mighty storm in the morning |
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Say, wasn't that a mighty storm |
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Blew all the people away |
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I said the year was 1900 |
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Fifty long years ago |
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Death came walking on the water |
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Death calls, you gotta go |
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I said Death, your hands are clammy |
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You got them on my knee |
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You came and threw a stone at my mother |
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And now you're coming after me. |
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Wasn't that a mighty storm |
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Wasn't that a mighty storm in the morning |
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Say, wasn't that a mighty storm |
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Blew all the people away |
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Wasn't that a mighty storm |
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Wasn't that a mighty storm in the morning |
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Say, wasn't that a mighty storm |
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Blew all the people away |
