Big Wind

Big wind

Big wind's coming

From daylight till dusk we'd been working in the dust

Picking cotton working side by side

Oh I can't forget, I still remember yet

The way my daddy looked at me and cried

Big wind's a-coming

Listen to the humming

Hurry up now, be quick, don't stall

You know we can't be slow

Take the kids and get below

If we don't hurry it'll surely get us all

I ran across the field so scared my lips were sealed

To warn my mom the storm was on its way

Now I knew I'd won the race when I'd seen my mama's face

And the way she looked at me and said

Big wind's a-coming

Listen to the humming

Hurry up now, be quick, don't stall

You know we can't be slow

Take the kids and get below

If we don't hurry it'll surely get us all

Oh but dad was in the cellar

And by now the sky was yellow

The wind was blowing, trees were falling

And outside I heard him crying

And as he lay there dying

It seemed I could still hear him saying

Big wind's a-coming

Listen to the humming

Hurry up now, be quick, don't stall

You know we can't be slow

Take the kids and get below

If we don't hurry it'll surely get us all

Big wind

Big wind's a-coming