Aunt Rita The Week The River Raged Lyrics

The Week The River Raged Lyrics

The river ran through Howard County

It was the life blood of the land

It make fields of green tobacco

Aching backs and callused hands

Mama talked of a coming battle

That the women folk had to fight

'Cause the good lord owned the daytime

But the devil seemed to own the
night



Well, it came up out of nowhere

From a dark and bitter
seed

It was the roughest kind of roadhouse

And a most unwanted
weed

It drew the men folk like a magnet

The women knew what they
had to do

So they put it in the hands of Jesus

'Cause they knew
that he'd come through



And the rains came and the river swelled

And the more they prayed the more it fell

When the levies broke
everybody saw

The awesome power of God

Then the clouds rolled back
and the rainbow came

To bring a brighter day

'Cause when the flood
hit Howard County

All the sins were washed away



Now the
mothers tell the story

Of the week that the river raged

It's the
passing of the wisdom

To the ears of tender age

Better walk the
straight and narrow

Better keep a watchful eye

'Cause there's a
symbol of the wrath of Heaven

In every dark cloud in the sky



And the rains came and the river swelled

And the more they prayed the
more it fell

When the levies broke everybody saw

The awesome power
of God

Then the clouds rolled back and the rainbow came

To bring a
brighter day

'Cause when the flood hit Howard County

All the sins
were washed away

When the clouds rolled back and the rainbow came

To bring a brighter day

'Cause when the flood hit Howard County

All the sins were washed away

Yes when the flood hit Howard County

All the sins were washed away