I was conversing with a gentleman after the icestorm of 98 when he told me he was on business in Texas when he heard about it on the radio and then commented that he missed the whole thing and wished he could have been here to witness the beauty of it.. I thought it deserved recognition. Paul.
I went through that ice storm and took a couple of pictures. Eventually I'll put them on my web page.
This song 'El Nino' has been adopted by Encyclopedia Of Music In Canada (Disaster Songs) Ice Strom 98
It was heard way down in Texas by the news on the radio
'bout an ice storm devastating Quebec and Ontario
It hit without much warnin and it put on quite a show
It beat all I ever saw like the Northern Lights aglow
Now the cow's ain't got no water and the chicken's are runnin 'round
The pumps that fed the pigs are dry cause the hydro poles are down
And the houses there all empty they've gone and locked the doors
The bus has come to take them to sleep on the school house floor
El Nino El Nino
It froze right down to china up to the pearly gates
The Yankees sent their linemen from the New York state
Now for eighteen days that winter will live in memory
Cause for eighteen days we fought the God El Nino from the sea
Now here's to the troops in khakis give 'em credit where it's due
They got a raw deal in Somalia and we got half the truth
And I may not remember my last computer date
But I won't forget the ice storm of nineteen ninety eight
Now spring has sprung and it comes to past the war of ice and snow
And all that's left are the trees that died which line the country roads
Paul Henry Dallaire
Paul Henry Pub.
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This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem