13 Aug 04 - 05:10 PM (#1247053) Subject: Lyr Add: TRYING TO REASON WITH HURRICANE SEASON From: Blackcatter Looks like Charley is going directly over my home in downtown Orlando. Before the I lose power, how about sharing some hurricane songs with me? TRYING TO REASON WITH HURRICANE SEASON Lyrics By: Jimmy Buffett 1974 Squalls out on the gulf stream Big storm's comin' soon I passed out in my hammock And God I slept 'til way past noon Stood up and tried to focus I hoped I wouldn't have to look far I knew I could use a Bloody Mary So I stumbled next door to the bar Chorus: And now I must confess, I could use some rest I can't run at this pace very long Yes it's quite insane, I think it hurts my brain But it cleans me out and then I can go on There's somethin' about this Sunday It's a most peculiar gray Strollin' down the avenue that's known as A1A Feelin' tired, then I got inspired I knew that it wouldn't last long So all alone I walked back home Sat on my beach and then I made up this song Chorus: And now I must confess, I could use some rest I can't run at this pace very long Yes it's quite insane, I think it hurts my brain But then it cleans me out and then I can go on Well the wind is blowin' harder now Fifty knots or thereabouts There's white caps on the ocean And I'm watchin' for waterspouts It's time to close the shutters It's time to go inside In a week I'll be in gay Paris That's a mighty long airplane ride Chorus: And now I must confess, I could use some rest I can't run at this pace very long Yes it's quite insane, I think it hurts my brain But it cleans me out and then I can go on Coda: Yes it cleans me out and then I can go on |
13 Aug 04 - 05:16 PM (#1247057) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hurricane songs From: Deckman "Mighty Day," as sung by Bob Gibson. Hang on down there! Bob |
13 Aug 04 - 05:18 PM (#1247063) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hurricane songs From: Scooby Doo We done often have hurricanes here in South Wales,UK.I hope it passes without too much damage to your homes. |
13 Aug 04 - 06:48 PM (#1247165) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hurricane songs From: SINSULL When you walk through a storm hold your head up high And don't be afraid of the dark At the end of the storm is a golden light And the sweet lilting song of the lark. Walk on through the wind Walk on through the rain etc Good luck. Stay safe. SINS |
13 Aug 04 - 08:45 PM (#1247284) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hurricane songs From: Big Jim from Jackson The song "Run, Come, See" (Jerusalem) is a great song about a hurricane sinking several ships. Gordon Bok has a great version. So so Gillette, Mangsen, Smith, and Hills. |
13 Aug 04 - 09:07 PM (#1247293) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hurricane songs From: GUEST Blowin' in the wind? |
16 Aug 04 - 08:05 PM (#1248998) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hurricane songs From: GUEST,Gerry The Great Storm is Over Also Tom Rush's version of Galveston Flood, which is not exactly the same as the one in the Digital Tradition. |
16 Aug 04 - 08:11 PM (#1249003) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hurricane songs From: Rabbi-Sol Bill Staines wrote something about "WASN'T THAT A MIGHTY STORM" but I forgot the exact title and the lyrics to the song. SOL ZELLER |
16 Aug 04 - 08:16 PM (#1249008) Subject: Lyr Add: SAILOR'S CONSOLATION (from Gordon Bok) From: Barbara SAILOR'S CONSOLATION (Dibdin/trad) (sung by Gordon Bok on Schooners) One night came on a hurricane The seas were mountains rolling When Barney Buntline turned his quid, And said to Billy Bowline: "A strong nor'wester's blowin' Bill, Hark, don't you hear it roar now? God help 'em how I pities all unhappy folks ashore now." Foolhardy chaps who lives in town What dangers they are all in Tonight they're quaking in their beds For fear the roof shall fall in. Poor creatures how they envy us And wish, as I've a notion For our good luck in such a storm To be out on the ocean. " "And as for them who're out all day On business from their houses And late at night are coming home To cheer their babes and spouses, While you and I, Bill, on the deck, Are comfortably lying, My eyes! What tiles and chimney pots Around their heads are flying!" "And very often have we heard How men are killed and undone By overturns of carriages And thieves and fires in London?. We know what risks a landsman runs From noblemen to tailors , Then, Bill, let us thank Providence That you and I are sailors!" |
16 Aug 04 - 10:23 PM (#1249068) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hurricane songs From: Peace Dylan's song about Hurricane Carter. |
16 Aug 04 - 11:05 PM (#1249094) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hurricane songs From: Rabbi-Sol I now remember the title of Bill Staines' song was "Louisiana Storm". SOL ZELLER |
16 Aug 04 - 11:07 PM (#1249098) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hurricane songs From: John Nolan Anybody remember the words of Nadia Cattouse's calypso-style song about Hurricane Hattie which devasted Belize in 1961? |
16 Aug 04 - 11:17 PM (#1249112) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hurricane songs From: SINSULL How high's the water, Momma? 5 feet high and risin' |
17 Aug 04 - 11:17 AM (#1249403) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hurricane songs From: GUEST,Larry K The Great Storm is Over by Bob Franke |
17 Aug 04 - 11:28 AM (#1249411) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hurricane songs From: SINSULL When The Evening Star Went Down The morning was fearful at sea The voyagers weary and pale Their steamer a wreck From keel to deck Before an autumnal gale... Three Score And Ten - was that a hurricane? It was October. |
17 Aug 04 - 05:21 PM (#1249720) Subject: Lyr Add: HURRICANE HATTIE (from Nadia Cattouse) From: John Nolan HURRICANE HATTIE (from the singing of Nadia Cattouse, 1963) I have heard of great disasters Like the volcano and its lava Even typhoons, I'll say my friend Is a menace to Chinamen Roaring floods down the river Has caused us to shiver But this I'll say openly That Hattie was worst in all history Chorus: From Puerto Rico it went past Jamaica Then they said it was heading for Cuba Just like a boomerang It turned on its course to Belize, my land Come let me tell you of Hattie's power Fifteen feet of boiling sea water Two hundred miles an hour the breeze Came to wipe out little Belize And when I say it was whipping Believe I ain't joking Next morning, o me Lord They was taking dead people right out me yard Chorus It was me and me Hete Belle How she saved I really can't tell She was frightened like a mouse Caught in a trap inside me house Three o'clock in the morning Me Hete was bawling Please I can't take no more Then she let go me hand and fell on the floor Chorus |
17 Aug 04 - 05:59 PM (#1249767) Subject: Lyr Add: BLOWIN' LIKE A BANDIT (Guy Clark) From: nancyjo How about Guy Clark's BLOWIN' LIKE A BANDIT Lawdy mercy land o goshen Shades of grey out on the ocean Don't you dare take that ship out to sea For the high seas are runnin' You will sure `nuff be done in If you dare that that boat out to sea `Cause out there in the Gulf The wind's blowin' like a bandit I'm talkin' `bout a hurricane and your riggin will not stand it There's an ill wind a blowin' You better get back to the mooring Don't you dare take that boat out to sea You better take a weather warning You'll be shark bait in the mornin' If you dare take that boat out to sea You better give up on that shrimpin' You just might come home a limpin' Don't you dare take that boat out to sea You better not make one more drag You gonna wind up in a bag If you dare take that boat out to sea And then there's Randy Newman's LOUISIANA 1927 nancyjo |
18 Aug 04 - 12:23 AM (#1250005) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hurricane songs From: Melani There's a song I just barely remember about the great 1927 hurricane that hit Florida--the chorus goes: Lord, hold back the waters of Lake Okeechobee, For Lake Okeechobee's blue waters are cold. Anybody know it? |
18 Aug 04 - 05:20 PM (#1250764) Subject: Lyr Add: HOLD BACK THE WATERS (Will McLean) From: BTMP Here you go, Melani - HOLD BACK THE WATERS (Will McLean) 'Twas in the late Twenties, there came a great flood. It drownded 4000, their graves were in mud. For no one could withstand that great tidal wave. And the ghosts of the vanished still cry from the grave. CHORUS: Lord, hold back the waters of Lake Okeechobee, Lake Okeechobee's blue waters are cold. When the wild winds are blowin' across Okeechobee They're calling and seeking for other poor souls. Lord Lake Okeechobee's blue waters are cold. The Seminoles left there in haste and with speed. Their wise words of warning were given no heed. When the waters receded, Great God what a sight! Men, women and children turned black as the night. CHORUS Now Lake Okeechobee is calm and serene. The land all around is fertile and green. But the people get fearful when the wild winds do blow. They look at the earth dam and they think of their home. CHORUS |
20 Aug 04 - 06:20 PM (#1252489) Subject: Lyr Add: FLORIDA STORM (from Colored Sacred Harp) From: Burke Here's another one about the 1926 storm in the last post. Their eyes were watching God by Zora Neale Hurston is a must read to understand it. Go Here to learn more about the Wiregrass Singers and The Colored Sacred Harp FLORIDA STORM by J. Jackson, July 13,1928 in The Colored Sacred Harp p. 87-89 Recording on New World Records 80433-2 "The Colored Sacred Harp" September eighteenth, nineteen hundred and twenty-six, The people cried mercy in the storm, Their cries were too late their crying was in vain, Crying, Lord have mercy in the storm. Chorus: The people cried mercy in the storm, The people cried mercy in the storm, The colored and the white stay'd awake all the night, Crying, Lord have mercy in the storm. A pity and a shame all the people in the rain, But God show'd His mercy in the storm, It was very sad that they lost all they had, Crying, Lord have mercy in the storm. CHORUS The wind with a mighty sound laid many building down, But God show'd His mercy in the storm, Night comes on you know they had no where to go, Crying, Lord have mercy in the storm. CHORUS The streets were all a mess it was so no one could pass, Mothers look'd for children in the storm, Fathers tried in vain it was a shame I know, Crying, Lord have mercy in the storm. CHORUS The doctors got the news so many that were bruised, Together with the Red Cross on the train, They all came in haste to see about their case, Crying, Lord have mercy in the storm. |
27 Aug 04 - 10:50 AM (#1258214) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hurricane songs From: GUEST,Skipy Johnny Coppin Hurruicane of 99 (I think that is the title) Regards Skipy |
27 Aug 04 - 11:51 AM (#1258262) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hurricane songs From: Cool Beans David Doucet does one in French called "57" ("Cinquante-Sept") about a hurricane in 1957 in Louisiana. It's on his CD of the same name. |
27 Aug 04 - 11:54 AM (#1258266) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hurricane songs From: GUEST,Hugh Jampton This is a verse from the song "Too Young to be Gone" featured in the book "FOR FALLEN BROTHERS" by Eric Tebble. "Before morning`s sun has pushed aside the night`s dark clouds And still the grass is bright with silver dew. From far away there comes that sweet and comforting sound We know so well although there are but few. Grey, battered, showing signs of warfare`s wear and tear. The Hurricane dips its wings in full salute Another sortie over England`s southern shores Another gamble. Will our boy return?" |
27 Aug 04 - 03:50 PM (#1258428) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hurricane songs From: GUEST,Melani Thanks, guys! |
27 Aug 04 - 05:33 PM (#1258479) Subject: Lyr Add: MUDDY WATER (from The Seldom Scene) From: bigchuck From Phil Rosenthall and the Seldom Scene...... Muddy Water Mary, take the baby, river's risin That muddy water's takin back the land This old frame house won't take one more beating Ain't no time to stay and make a stand Mornin light shows water in the valley My daddy's grave just went below the line Things to save, you just can't take em with you Mud'll swallow all you leave behind I won't be back to start all over What I felt before is gone Mary take the baby, river's rising Muddy water's takin back our home Roads are gone, there's just one way to leave here Turn my back on what I left below Shiftin lands and broken farms around me Muddy water's changin all I know Hard to say just what I'm losin I ain't never felt so all alone Mary, thake the baby, river's risin That muddy water's takin back our home Sandy |
08 Sep 04 - 03:53 PM (#1267030) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hurricane songs From: GUEST,Paul Check out Trying to Reason with Hurricane Season by Buffett. Or Rock you like a Hurricane by the Scorpions. |
08 Sep 04 - 10:50 PM (#1267284) Subject: Lyr Add: THEY CALL THE WIND MARIA (Lerner, Loewe) From: Bert Lyrics: Way out west, they got a name For rain and wind and fire The rain is Tess, the fire's Joe and They call the wind Mariah O no, Mariah blows the stars around And sends the clouds a-flying Mariah makes the mountain sounds Like folks were up there dying Mariah, They call the wind Mariah Now before I knew Mariah's name And heard her wail and whining I had a girl and she had me And the sun was always shining O, but then one day I left my girl I left her far behind me And now I'm lost, I'm oh so lost Not even God can find me Mariah, O, Mariah, They call the wind Mariah I hear they got a name for rain and wind and fire only but when you're lost and all alone there ain't no words but lonely And I'm a lost and lonely man Without a star to guide me Mariah, blow your love to me I need my girl beside me He, Mariah, O, Mariah I'm lonely can't you see Mariah, O, Mariah Please blow my love to me Mariah, blow my love to me |
08 Sep 04 - 11:57 PM (#1267319) Subject: Lyr Add: ANDREW OF '92 From: harpgirl ANDREW OF '92 A hundred twenty years from now they'll still retell the tale How Andrew of '92 was more than just a gale It's fury found Miami and further down the 'glades A cyclone hit like hammers and cut like it had blades A million fled the city, while some folks stayed behind The raging wind took other souls and made some lives unwind But no sooner had the rampage ended, help came pouring in For the thousands who found broken dreams where happy homes had been And the wild winds come and the wild winds go But the sun still casts a shadow and the moon still casts a glow And the creatures of the land continue in their timeless way And someday soon, the palms will line the shores of Biscayne Bay Some were here from other places, some were salty born and bred Soon their lives would blend in glass and wood the wicked wind would shred As their tears all fell together, a common bond was formed And the strength that comes from losing filled survivors of the storm In the land of swamps and sunshine sometimes the sky turns brown Lightening flashes yellow green and everything goes down The cycles and the seasons have all shared the special place A way of life's in fury here, a winter won't erase And the wild winds come and the wild winds go But the sun still lights the water and the moon still casts a glow And the creatures of the land continue in their timeless way And someday soon, the palms will line the shores of Biscayne Bay |
09 Sep 04 - 07:58 AM (#1267488) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hurricane songs From: GUEST,Laoise Feerick Well, since National Talk Like A Pirate day is coming up (September 19th) and a new hurricane is coming (Ivan)..How about ... Blow the Man Down ??? Can anyone type out the lyrics in Pirate-Speak? |
09 Sep 04 - 04:49 PM (#1267887) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hurricane songs From: Blackcatter Who knew that the Hurricane's of Florida would help keep this thread going? Gotta be a new song written about Bonnie, Charley, Frances and Ivan. |
23 Sep 05 - 12:13 AM (#1568971) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hurricane songs From: GUEST,Allison Don't forget, The Scorpions' "Rock You Like a Hurricane"! |
23 Sep 05 - 04:06 AM (#1569021) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hurricane songs From: Joe Offer Ed Silberman of San Francisco did a nice Katrina parody of Pete Seeger's Big Muddy (click). -Joe Offer- |
23 Sep 05 - 11:02 AM (#1569200) Subject: Lyr Add: HERE COMES THE HURRICANE (The Navigators) From: GEST HERE COMES THE HURRICANE
Better board up your windows
Your money and your magic, your muscle and your hustle
Aw, back stabbin', money grabbin'
The Navigators (Meet The Navigators, 2002) |
23 Sep 05 - 11:14 AM (#1569210) Subject: Lyr Add: THE LOSS OF THE ELIZA From: GEST
The brave Eliza spread her sails that morning in the bay,
Only the seabirds overhead encircling in the blue,
Yet cheerily the Eliza's crew intoned their sailing song,
And storms have come to Newfoundland by stealth and treachery,
Quick sped the gallant schooner Eliza up the shore,
Who have bettered many a tempest wave thru nights of stress & dread.
Torrential rain strikes on the main like to a hand of hate,
With riven sail before the gale the staunch Eliza flew,
Right violently they fought, we know, for they were heroes bred,
And sad to say, it's told today throughout our little town,
Written (per oral history) by a school-teacher whose fiancé was the Eliza's captain.
Note: Collected by Ken Peacock and published in Songs Of The Newfoundland Outports, Volume 3, pp.944-947, by The National Museum of Canada (1965) Crown Copyrights Reserved, and recorded on the album Songs and Ballads of Newfoundland, Folkways FG 3505, LP (1956) cut#A.06
Note: Although there is no factual report of the loss of the Eliza, the story is similar to that of the Southern Cross, lost in April, 1914, with 170 aboard. |
23 Sep 05 - 11:24 AM (#1569222) Subject: Lyr Add: THE TRINITY BAY DISASTER From: GEST
Come all ye fine youngsters and listen to me,
Now Trinity Bight on the north of the Bay,
February Twenty-seventh - the morning broke clear,
Two hundred fifteen of both men and both boys,
The bullies were manned by a crew about four,
With all the hard pulling they reached the flow soon,
With the ice heaving madly, the wind blowing wild,
By nightfall that day the toll was complete,
Small English Harbour took the worst blow,
Twenty-eight men made it to the Horse Chops,
They hid in the forest and chewed on some wood,
While out in the bay with the coming of night,
Captain Dick Fowlow from Trinity East,
The S.S. Labrador under Captain George Hann,
Now, thank you for listening to my story so dear,
Clarence Dewling, performed publicly for the first time July 1, 1999, at the opening of the Trinity Pageant, a play depicting the history of the Trinity, NL area. |
23 Sep 05 - 11:38 AM (#1569232) Subject: Lyr Add: DOWN AT THE TWIST AND SHOUT (Carpenter) From: GEST
MIDI File by the Accordion Man
Saturday night and the moon is out
Well I never have wandered down to New Orleans
Saturday night and the moon is out
They got a alligator stew and a crawfish pie
Saturday night and the moon is out
Bring your mama, bring your papa, bring your sister, too
Saturday night and the moon is out
Mary-Chapin Carpenter (Shooting Straight In The Dark, 1990, Columbia)< |
23 Sep 05 - 11:49 AM (#1569246) Subject: Lyr Add: COME ALL YE JOLLY SAILOR BOYS From: GEST
Well, come all ye jolly sailor boys who to the sea belong,
There was a wealthy merchant in the town where I was born,
On the fourteenth of November, from Cook's Harbour we set sail,
We arrived at Gibraltar and we lay ashore while there,
Strong winds still kept increasing up to a hurricane,
Just as we reached our mainmast head a heavier flash came on,
Now, early the next morning it was dismal for to view,
But now, thank God, we're home again and landed safe on shore,
Author unknown
Sung by Morris Houlihan (b.1885) of Flatrock, NL, and published in MacEdward Leach And The Songs Of Atlantic Canada © 2004 Memorial University of Newfoundland Folklore and Language Archive (MUNFLA). |
23 Sep 05 - 11:59 AM (#1569256) Subject: Lyr Add: THE LAST GOODBYE From: GEST
Where the seagull soars and the mighty ocean roars
She's the finest in the land, designed and built by man
Look away to the west, there's a storm upon the wind
And there's trouble from within, the rig is listing once again,
Husbands, fathers, sons, and brothers leave behind so many others
Look away to the west, there's a storm upon the wind
May God grant peace and serenity to our brothers lost at sea,
Where the seagull soars and the mighty ocean roars
Bruce Moss
Notes: 20th Anniversary of the Ocean Ranger Disaster On February 15, 1982, Newfoundlanders and Labradorians witnessed the worst offshore drilling accident in Canadian history. The Ocean Ranger, an exploratory offshore drilling platform, sank during a severe winter storm at the Hibernia oil discovery site. Eighty-four lives were lost on that dreadful night and many lessons were learned.
The tragedy of the Ocean Ranger continues to be a major influence on our offshore industry. Government has continually examined the safety issues that contributed to this disaster and has implemented numerous changes to enhance the safety of our offshore workforce. Major legislative and regulatory changes were made to the Atlantic Accord Acts by the federal and provincial governments to establish strict safety guidelines that must be followed from the initial design of an offshore project to the actual implementation of safety systems during the operations phase of development. These regulations govern the necessary requirements of offshore safety.
Over the past two decades, government and industry players have worked together to ensure that the necessary funding is available to facilitate the important research needed to improve escape, evacuation and rescue systems. New technologies have been introduced including cold water survival suits and improved methods of lifeboat deployment. Training requirements for offshore workers have increased significantly and new facilities have been established to ensure that these workers have the necessary safety skills to avoid tragedy.
The North Atlantic Ocean is a very unpredictable and unforgiving environment. Industry players have worked with government to improve offshore health and safety. Their initiative and success in preventing major incidents is encouraging. New technologies continue to evolve and are regularly implemented. Government will continue to work with industry players to ensure that offshore safety remains the highest priority.
On behalf of the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, we wish to remember the eighty-four lives that were lost 20 years ago. May they never be forgotten. 2002 02 15 10:40a.m. |
23 Oct 05 - 08:27 PM (#1589327) Subject: Lyr Add: HURRICANE (from Leon Everette) From: GUEST,Amy Hurricane - Leon Everette (#4 on the country charts in September 1981) Thirty miles out in the Gulf Stream I could hear them South winds moan The bridges are lookin' lower Shrimp boats are hurryin' home The old man down in the quarter Slowly turned his head He took another sip of his whiskey bottle Then he looked at me and he said Chorus: I was born in the rain by Lake Ponchartrain Underneath the Louisiana Moon And I don't mind the strain of a hurricane They come around every June High black water, a devils daughter She's hard and she's cold, and she's mean But nobody's taught her that it takes a lot of water To wash away New Orleans A man came down from Chicago Gonna set that levee right He said it's got to be up about three feet higher Won't make it through the end of the night The old man down in the quarter Said don't you listen to that boy The water'll down by mornin', son And he'll be back on his way to Illinois I was born in the rain by the Ponchartrain Underneath the Louisiana Moon And I don't mind the strain of a hurricane They come around every June High black water's like the devil's daughter She's hard and she's cold, and she's mean But we've finally taught her that it takes a lot of water To wash away New Orleans Chorus |
24 Oct 05 - 07:54 AM (#1589556) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hurricane songs From: RobbieWilson You are like a hurricane There's calm in your eye |
24 Oct 05 - 07:59 AM (#1589562) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hurricane songs From: GUEST tempted to suggest "Hand me down my Walking cane" but decided not to........... |
24 Oct 05 - 03:19 PM (#1589872) Subject: Lyr. Add: MIAMI HAIRIKIN From: Q (Frank Staplin) 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. |
24 Oct 05 - 07:35 PM (#1590073) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hurricane songs From: GUEST,Arne Langsetmo Well, in a similar vein (but not hurricane): The Bergen Here's The Galveston Flood, about the 1900 Galveston disaster... Cheers, |
24 Oct 05 - 08:08 PM (#1590102) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hurricane songs From: Q (Frank Staplin) See thread 84455 for songs about the Galveston disaster. Other threads linked there as well. Galveston |
11 Jun 06 - 12:19 AM (#1757175) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hurricane songs From: GUEST Ready, set, go! Tropical Depression One at the gate... signed, disgusted |
12 Jun 06 - 02:40 PM (#1758208) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hurricane songs From: Jim Dixon Willie Dixon wrote and recorded EARTHQUAKE AND HURRICANE, also known as MIGHTY EARTHQUAKE AND HURRICANE. I might be able to post the lyrics later. |
24 Feb 08 - 11:30 AM (#2270983) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hurricane songs From: GUEST,Sean Damer F.A.O. JOHN NOLAN, formerly of Coldstream and Glasgow: Dear John Please contact me at my Glasgow E-mail address: seannachai@ntlworld.com I have news for you! If anyone reading this thread knows John's E-mail address, could they please pass on this message. Thanks! Yours aye, Sean Damer. |
24 Feb 08 - 12:40 PM (#2271049) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hurricane songs From: GUEST,TJ in San Diego I remember stories my late grandfather told me about the 1900 Galveston Flood. He knew a song written about it, but I haven't heard it since the early 1950's. As a young newlywed, he and a group of friends from Beaumont and Port Arthur went down the Bolivar Peninsula and over to Galveston to help with rescue and recovery work. His description of the nearly total destruction of the town and the many bodies they found was part of the song. His family was founder of Sabine Pass, which also suffered tremendous damage. |
06 Mar 17 - 01:27 AM (#3843086) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hurricane songs From: Haruo We're going to sing FLORIDA STORM at the Olympia All-Day Singing this Saturday! It's a Denson book singing but one of the guests will be a descendant of Judge Jackson, so we will do this one from outside the canon. |
06 Mar 17 - 02:12 AM (#3843088) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hurricane songs From: GUEST,Phil d'Conch As mentioned near the top of the thread: Mudcat thread: History of 'Run, Come See Jerusalem' YT: Blind Blake & Calypsonians RUN COME SEE JERUSALEM Wiki: 1929 Bahamas hurricane |
08 Mar 17 - 11:13 PM (#3843794) Subject: Lyr Add: MIGHTY EARTHQUAKE AND HURRICANE (Dixon) From: Jim Dixon Here's what I promised back in 2006! My transcription from the recording at YouTube: MIGHTY EARTHQUAKE AND HURRICANE As sung by Willie Dixon on "Mighty Earthquake and Hurricane" (1983) CHORUS: Hurricane, hurricane, A mighty earthquake and a hurricane, A mighty earthquake and a hurricane. The earth cracked open and was breathin' fire, Ev'rybody runnin' and ready to die. Some goes crazy, some insane, Sayin': "Save me from the mighty hurricane!" CHORUS TWICE People were scramblin' and on the run, Like there was a hit with a atom bomb. Some lay crippled and some lay lame, Sayin': "Save me from the mighty hurricane!" CHORUS TWICE The rich folks fallin' down on their knees, Said: "The Lord have mercy, if you please. Take all my money; I don't need a thing. Just save me from the mighty hurricane." CHORUS |
11 Mar 17 - 07:41 AM (#3844229) Subject: Lyr Add: THE TERRIBLE TEXAS STORM (T J Kelly) From: Jim Dixon From the sheet music at Johns Hopkins University: THE TERRIBLE TEXAS STORM "A beautiful song portraying in words and music the awful calamity at Texas, Sept. 8th, 1900." Words & music by Thomas J. Kelly, ©1900. [1] The sun was brightly shining down in good old Texas state. All hearts were gay and happy with no thought of cruel fate. The children played upon the streets without a single care, While hum of toil and business echoed on the morning air; But suddenly the sky grew dark; then came the wind and rain, Until the country round was battling with a hurricane, And as the tempest roared and raged, the angry gulf waves sped Along the coast until a host were numbered with the dead. [CHORUS] Many a home with grief is sad; many a heart is aching. Many a loved one sleeps the sleep that knows no dawn of waking. Many a life has passed away and stilled a heart once warm, For lives and homes were swept away in the terrible Texas storm. [2] In Galveston alone, a thousand felt the hand of death, And twenty towns were withered by the cyclone's cruel breath, And where the happy children played and busy toilers trod, A countless host of helpless lives went forth to meet their God. How many souls were lost that day no one will ever know, But thousands weep with hearts bowed down beneath the cruel blow, And all the nation mourns September eight, the fatal day When Texas felt the storm that swept those lives and homes away. [Catalogs indicate that a wax cylinder recording by J. W. Myers appeared in 1901, but I have not found a playable recording online.] |
12 Mar 17 - 06:25 AM (#3844435) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hurricane songs From: Hrothgar June Nicholls, who came from the Bahamas, had a version of the HURRICANE HATTIE song posted by john Nolan, and her chorus said "Nassau, my land". There was also another verse at the end that said that hurricanes should be named after men. I'll try to dig it out. |
12 Mar 17 - 07:23 AM (#3844445) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hurricane songs From: eftifino Here's one from Down Under. I remember this because I arrived by air into Darwin 2 nights before. Luckily I got out OK. The song is cheesy but what the hell.. 'Santa Never Made It into Darwin' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJi_kBIiZ4A |
12 Mar 17 - 07:25 AM (#3844446) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hurricane songs From: eftifino Cn't believe that 'the Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald isn't here. |
13 Mar 17 - 02:43 PM (#3844704) Subject: Lyr Add: THE CASTAWAYS (Harrigan/Braham) From: Jim Dixon From the sheet music at Johns Hopkins University: THE CASTAWAYS Words by Edward Harrigan. music by Dave Braham ©1881. "As sung in Edward Harrigan's comic play, "Mulligan's Silver Wedding." [1] On the good ship Dolly Dorkins from London I set sail, All bound for the Indian Ocean; oh, hear my mournful tale! The whole ship's crew and captain too, the cook a brown Malay, In a hurricane of wind and rain, brave boys, we were cast away. [CHORUS] With a hay, hay, hay and a ho, ho, ho, I'll ne'er forget that day When the whole ship's crew and the captain too, brave boys, we were cast away. [2] We'd a cask or two of water stowed in the old ship's boat. A box of old sea biscuits by chance we found afloat. All tempest tossed with compass lost, we had no time to pray. Our flag of distress was a pants and vest; brave boys, we were cast away. [3] Afloat on the Indian Ocean through fair and foul and calm, I saw as the sun was rising an island full of palm. "Ho, land!" I cried; I never lied; says Captain, "Where away?" "On our starboard bow, we're safe, lads, now; hip, hurrah for the castaway!" [4] Says the captain, "Do your duty, all hands, when you're ashore. The first man goes for booty, I'll brain him with an oar." We struck the beach; we heard a screech; 'twas Indian girls at play. It drove away the blues when they came out in canoes; hip, hurrah for the castaway! [5] An Indian queen of sweet sixteen says: "We were drove from home. A king of another island sent us here to die alone. One hundred wives for all your lives, I give each sailor gay." Then each copper-colored belle sent up an Indian yell; hip, hurrah for the castaway! [6] All sailors bold, I have been told, who ship before the mast, Will sail the ocean over to find that isle at last; But, bless your hearts, 'taint on the charts, all navigators say; But I've done no harm; I've spun my yarn; hip, hurrah for the castaway! |
13 Mar 17 - 07:01 PM (#3844744) Subject: Lyr Add: HURRICANE HISTORY (from Tom Dalton) From: Jim Dixon My transcription from the audio, found today on Spotify:
HURRICANE HISTORY |
14 Mar 17 - 05:00 PM (#3844946) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hurricane songs From: Gda Music "A disastrous Caribbean hurricane caught up with the island of Grenada in the early hours of September 23rd 1955. During that following week, the deadly storm claimed 137 lives and laid waste to much of Grenada and Carriacou. Lord Melody of course hits all the right notes with his rendition relating to that tragic period of history. (unfortunately not the best sound transfer & no tape details)". Grenada Hurricane -- *Janet* -- 23 September 1955 Janet I beg you hard Janet not Trinidad Janet I beg you hard Janet not Trinidad You blow way the whole of Grenada Then came the Barbadian supper Every day lady came enough to make A man jump out he shoes Janet hide in the mountain Janet lick down a million building Janet sister was Katie Janet blow way the whole of Miami The description they publish here They said Janet had silky hair About 6 foot the papers said September the 28th So then Janet visit Grenada Oh Lord poor people suffer Blow down the place like a pasture And all the reading in the papers over here Janet hide in the mountain Janet lick down a million buildings Janet sister was Katie Janet blow way the whole of Miami In St Vincent when Janet raid So help me I was afraid I hear she blow down a concrete wall And Papa that wasn`t all I don't ramajay if you see how St Vincent break away And all the buildings over here on the papers Katie will move Janet from the area Janet hide in the mountain Janet lick down a million buildings Janet sister was Katie Janet blow way the whole of Miami Lord Melody -- KAY CRS 001 (B side) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gw3I-N32xIU GJ |
14 Mar 17 - 10:36 PM (#3844973) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hurricane songs From: mg here is a gorgeous Basque song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psISthbagW4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psISthbagW4 hope to put it on the codfish cd..does anyone know anyone in the group Tadusak? |
06 Feb 18 - 03:50 AM (#3904035) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hurricane songs From: GUEST,Phil d'Conch Florida Memory - "Florida Storm:" the Miami Hurricane of 1926 Audio is about halfway down the page. fyi: I started a new thread dedicated to the 1928 Okeechobee hurricane songs here: https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=163523&messages=7#3904033 |