Big Wind

Big wind

Big wind's comin'

From daylight 'til dusk

We've been a workin' in the dust

Pickin' cotton, workin' 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 comin'

Listen to the hummin'

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 was scaled

To warn my mom to storm was on its way

And I knew I'd won the race

When I'd see my mama's face

And the way she looked at me and said

"Big wind's a comin'

Listen to the hummin'

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"

All but dad was on the cellar

And by now the sky was yellow

The wind was blowin', trees were fallin'

And outside I heard him cryin'

And as he lay there dyin'

It seemed I could still hear him sayin'

"Big wind's a comin'

Listen to the hummin'

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 comin'