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Vaughan Williams Memorial Library Online Exhibitions :: Cecil Sharp Diaries :: Introduction.

If you love folk music of any kind, that is sea shanties, mountain music or English folk music, you don’t want to miss this!

It had to be done. I am sure my friends, we can think of a few more lyrics than this… add if you want:

Hurricane’s a’ comin’ we are all going to die
Hurricane’s a comin’ we are all going to die
Storm surge is a risin’ yet there’s not a cloud in the sky
Hurricane’s a comin’ we are all going to die

I’ve tied off the boats ma’am and filled up the tanks
The water’s already lappin’ up top of the pier
The rain has yet to come but the floods already here
Hurricane’s a comin’ and we are all going to die

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