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