Chorus 
Wasn't that a mighty storm 
Wasn't that a mighty storm in the morning, well 
Wasn't that a mighty storm That blew all the people all 
away 

You know the year of 1900 
Children, many years ago 
Death came howling on the ocean 
Death calls, you got to go 
Now Galveston had a seawall 
To keep the water down, and a 
High tide from the ocean 
Spread the water over the town 

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You know the trumpetS give them warning 
You'd better leave this place 
Now, no one thought of leaving 
'til death stared them in the face 
And the trains they all were loaded 
The people were all leaving town 
The trestle gave way to the water 
And the trains they went on down 

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Rain it was a' falling 
Thunder began to roll 
Lightning flashed like hell fire 
Death the cruel master 
When the wind began to blow 
Rode in on a team of horses 
T cried, "Death, won't you let me go". 

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Hey, now 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 
And the ships they could not stand 
And I heard a captain crying 
"God save a drowning man". 

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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 
Took my brother too 
I thought I heard my father calling 
And I watched my mother go 

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You know the year of 1900 
Children, many years ago 
Death came howling on the ocean 
Death calls, you got to go 

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