The Week the River Raged

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The River ran through Howard County, it was the life blood of the land 
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It made fields of green tobacco, aching backs and callused hands 
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Mama talked of a coming battle that the womenfolk had to fight 
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'Cause the good Lord owned the daytime, but the Devil seemed to own the 
night 
 
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Well it came up out of nowhere, from a dark and bitter seed 
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It was the roughest kind of roadhouse and a most unwanted weed 
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It drew the menfolk like a magnet, the women knew what they had to do 
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So they put it in the hands of Jesus, 'cause they knew that he'd come 
through 
 
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And the rains came and the river swelled 
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And the more they prayed the more it fell 
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When the levies broke everybody saw the awesome power of God 
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Then the clouds rolled back and the rainbow came to bring a brighter day 
 
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'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 
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It's a passing of the wisdom to the ears of a tender age 
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Better walk the straight and narrow, better keep a watchful eye 
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'Cause there's a symbol of the wrath of heaven in every dark cloud in 
the sky 
 
 
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'Cause the rains came and the river swelled 
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And the more they prayed the more it fell 
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When the levies broke everybody saw the awesome power of God 
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Then the clouds rolled back and the rainbow came to bring a brighter day 
 
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'Cause when the flood hit Howard County, all the sins were washed away 
 
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Then the clouds rolled back and the rainbow came to bring a brighter day 
 
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'Cause when the flood hit Howard County, all the sins were washed away 
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Yes, when the flood hit Howard County, all the sins were washed away