Big Wind

Big Wind - Porter Wagoner

From daylight till dusk

We've been a workin' in the dust

Pickin' cotton workin' side by side

Well I can't forget yes I remember yet

The way my daddy looked at me and cried

"Big wind's a comin' listen to the hummin'

Hurry up son be quick don't stall

You know we can't be slow

Take the kids and get below

If we don't hurry it'll surely get us all"

Well I ran across the field

So scared my lips was sealed

To warn my mom the storm is on its way

Well I knew I'd won my race

When I saw my mammy's face

And the way she looked at me and said

"Big wind's a comin' listen to the hummin'

Hurry up son be quick don't stall

You know we can't be slow

Take the kids and get below

If we don't hurry it'll surely get us all"

Oh but dad was on the cellar

And by now the sky was yellow

The wind was a blowin' trees were fallin'

And outside I heard him cryin'

And as he lay there dyin'

It seemed I could still hear him callin'

"Son big wind's a comin' listen to the hummin'

Hurry up son be quick don't stall

You know we can't be slow

Take the kids and get below

If we don't hurry it'll surely get us all"

Big wind big wind's a comin'