Lyr. Add: MIAMI HAIRIKIN

God A'mighty moved on the water,
And the peoples in Miami run.
And the lady left Miami,
She left in lightning speed.
Ev'ry time the lightnin' flash
She thinks about her dirty deeds.

God A'mighty moved on the water
And the peoples in Miami run.
Ships swam down that ocean,
It was most too sad to tell;
Ten thousand peoples got drownded,
And all went to Hell but twelve.

God A'mighty moved the water
And the peoples in Miami run.
Yon stan' the lady,
Stan'ing in the back do'
Singing, "If I get back to Georgia,
I won't go to Florida no mo'."

God A'mighty moved the water
And the peoples in Miami run.
The rich white folks and the well-to-do
Were playing five-up and pool;
God A'mighty got angry in glory,
And they forgot each other's move.

God A'mighty moved the water
And the peoples in Miami run.
Some was floatin' on the ocean,
And some was floatin' on the sea;
And some was cryin' on bended knee,
"Lord, have mercy on me."

Recounts the events of the Miami hurricane of 1928.
Collected by Mrs. Carita Doggett Corse, of the Federal Writers' Project of Florida, from the singing of Mr. James Brown, a young ranch hand, Knoxville, who said he learned the song in Dawson, Georgia. This song has received "some currency among the folk of south Florida. The song is patterned closely on "God Moves on the Water," a folksong that recounts the tragic sinking of the Titanic. Lomax, "Our Singing Country," 1941, pp. 26-27, cites a version of the song" (about the Titanic, with music).
No. 49, p. 103, without music, Alton C. Morris, 1950 (1978), "Folksongs of Florida," University Presses of Florida.