Los Angeles New Year´s Flood - Woody Guthrie

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