The Week the River Raged

The river ran through Howard County
 It was the life blood of the land
 It made fields of green tobacco
 Aching backs and callused hands
 Mama talked of a coming battle
 That the women folk had to fight
 'Cause the good lord owned the daytime
 But the devil seemed to own the night
 Well, it came up out of nowhere
 From a dark and bitter seed
 It was the roughest kind of roadhouse
 And a most unwanted weed
 It drew the men folk like a magnet
 The women knew what they had to do
 So they put it in the hands of Jesus
 'Cause they knew that he'd come through
 And the rains came and the river swelled
 And the more they prayed the more it fell
 When the levies broke everybody saw
 The awesome power of God
 Then the clouds rolled back and the rainbow came
 To bring a brighter day
 'Cause when the flood hit Howard County
 All the sins were washed away
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 Now the mothers tell the story
 Of the week that the river raged
 It's the passing of the wisdom
 To the ears of tender age
 Better walk the straight and narrow
 Better keep a watchful eye
 'Cause there's a symbol of the wrath of Heaven
 In every dark cloud in the sky
 And the rains came and the river swelled
 And the more they prayed the more it fell
 When the levies broke everybody saw
 The awesome power of God
 Then the clouds rolled back and the rainbow came
 To bring a brighter day
 'Cause when the flood hit Howard County
 All the sins were washed away
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 When the clouds rolled back and the rainbow came
 To bring a brighter day
 'Cause when the flood hit Howard County
 All the sins were washed away
 Yep when the flood hit Howard County
 All the sins were washed away