I was conversing with a gentleman after the ice storm and he told me he was on business in Texas when the storm hit and then commented that he missed the whole damn thing and wished he could have been here to witness the beauty of it. I thought a good way to start the song.

EL NINO
(Paul Henry Dallaire)

In the southern part of Texas there's news on the radio
"Bout an ice storm devastating Quebec and Ontario
It hit without much warnin and it put on quite a show
It beat all I ever saw like the Northern Lights aglow

Now the cows ain't got no water and the chicken's 'runnin round
The pumps that fed the pigs are dry cause the hydro poles are down
And the houses there all empty they've gone and locked the doors
The bus has come to take them to sleep on the school house floor

EL NINO EL NINO

It froze right down to China up to the pearly gates
The Yankees sent their linemen from the New York State
Now for eighteen days that winter will live in memory
Cause for eighteen days we fought the God El Nino from the sea

Now here's to the troops in khakis give'em credit where it's due
They got a raw deal in Somalia and we got half the truth
And I may not remember my last computer date
But I won't forget the ice storm of nineteen ninety eight

Now spring has sprung and it come to past the war of ice and snow
And all that's left are the trees that died which line the country road

Paul Henry Dallaire
Paul Henry Pub, SOCAN