Los Angeles New Year's Flood Lyrics

Oh, my friends, do you remember?
On that fatal New Year's night
The lights of old Los Angeles
Were a flick'ring, Oh, so bright.
A cloud burst hit our city
And it swept away our homes;
It swept away our loved ones
In that fatal New Years flood.

No, you could not see it coming
Till through our town it rolled;
One hundred souls were taken
In that fatal New Years flood.

Whilst we all celebrated
That happy New Year's Eve,
We knew not in the morning
This whole wide world would grieve;
The waters filled our canyons
And down our mountains rolled;
That sad news rocked our nation
As of this flood it told.

No, you could not see it coming
Till through our town it rolled;
One hundred souls were taken
In that fatal New Years flood.

Our highways were blockaded
Our bridges all washed down,
Our houses wrecked and scattered
As the flood came a-rumblin' down;
I bow my head in silence
And I thank my God above
That He did not take my home from me
In that fatal New Year's flood.

No, you could not see it coming
Till through our town it rolled;
One hundred souls were taken
In that fatal New Years flood.

Woody Guthrie - Library of Congress Recordings, Vols. 1-3

Feb 1992

1. Lost Train Blues
2. Railroad Blues
3. Rye Whiskey
4. Old Joe Clark
5. Beaumont Rag
6. Texas Oil Field
7. Greenback Dollar
8. Boll Weevil Song
9. So Long, It's Been Good To Know You
10. Talking Dust Bowl Blues
11. Do-Re-Mi
12. Hard Times
13. They Laid Jesus Chjrist In His Grave
14. Jolly Banker
15. I Ain't Got No Home
16. Dirty Overalls
17. Chain Around My Leg
18. Worried Man Blues
19. Lonesome Valley
20. Walking Down That Railroad Line
21. Goin' Down That Road Feeling Bad
22. Dust Storm Disaster
23. Foggy Mountain Top
24. Dust Pneumonia Blues
25. California Blues
26. Dust Bowl Refugees
27. Will Rogers Highway
28. Los Angeles New Year's Flood