happy? - May 15

Subject: happy? - May 15
From: Abby Sale
Date: 15 May 05 - 10:03 AM

A great storm sweeps unexpectedly through Sherman, (Missouri, I'm pretty sure) causing extensive damage
and some loss of life.

          Kind friends, if you will listen,
             A story I will tell;
          'Tis of a great tornado 
             You all remember well
          It reached the town of Sherman 
             The fifteenth day of May,    [1896]
          And a portion of our city
             Was completely swept away.
  

                "The Sherman Cyclone," (maybe by Mattie Carter East)
                See The Ballad Index & DigTrad filename[ SHERCYCL

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