The Duhks - Mighty Storm lyrics

You know the year was 1900, 15 years ago, d**h came howling on the ocean d**h calls, you gotta go Galveston had a sea wall To keep the water down And a high tide from the ocean Spread the water over the town Wasn't that a mighty storm, Wasn't that a mighty storm, Wasn't that a mighty storm, It blew the people all away You know the trumpets gave them warning, You'd better leave this place, Now no one thought of leaving, 'Til d**h stared them in the face And the trains they all were loaded The people were all leaving town, The trestles gave way to the water And the trains they went on down, now chorus Rain it was a fallin' Thunder began to roll Lightning flashed like hellfire The wind began to blow And the seas began to rollin' And the ships they could not stand And I heard a captain crying Good God save a drownin' man d**h, your hands are clammy You got them on my knee You come and took my mother, Won't you come back for me? d**h you cruel master, When the wind began to blow Rode in on a team of horses Cried oh d**h won't you let me go? chorus x2