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The Wonderful Power of God: The 1893 Sea Islands Hurricane The Wonderful Power of God: The 1893 Sea Islands Hurricane
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The Peoples in Miami Run: The 1926 Miami Hurricane The Peoples in Miami Run: The 1926 Miami Hurricane
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Their Eyes Were Watching God: The 1928 Florida Hurricanes and FloodsClose Their Eyes Were Watching God: The 1928 Florida Hurricanes and FloodsClose
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World Black as Midnight: Tornadoes World Black as Midnight: Tornadoes
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World Black as Midnight: The 1927 St. Louis Cyclone World Black as Midnight: The 1927 St. Louis Cyclone
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There Is a God Somewhere: The 1936 Tupelo, Mississippi, and Gainesville, Georgia, Tornadoes There Is a God Somewhere: The 1936 Tupelo, Mississippi, and Gainesville, Georgia, Tornadoes
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Hell and High Water: Floods Hell and High Water: Floods
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Back-Water Blues: The 1926 Cumberland River Flood Back-Water Blues: The 1926 Cumberland River Flood
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Greenville Levee Blues: The 1927 Mississippi River Flood Greenville Levee Blues: The 1927 Mississippi River Flood
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Southern High Waters Blues: The 1929 Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, and Tennessee Floods Southern High Waters Blues: The 1929 Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, and Tennessee Floods
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Some Peoples on Tallahatchie Done Lost Everything They Had: The 1930 Arkansas and Mississippi Floods Some Peoples on Tallahatchie Done Lost Everything They Had: The 1930 Arkansas and Mississippi Floods
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Flood Water Blues: The 1936 Pennsylvania Flood Flood Water Blues: The 1936 Pennsylvania Flood
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Wild Water Blues: The 1937 Ohio and Mississippi River Floods Wild Water Blues: The 1937 Ohio and Mississippi River Floods
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Dry Spell Blues: Droughts Dry Spell Blues: Droughts
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Dry Spell Blues: The 1930–31 Drought Dry Spell Blues: The 1930–31 Drought
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Hell Broke Loose in this Land: Unidentified and Miscellaneous Natural Disasters Hell Broke Loose in this Land: Unidentified and Miscellaneous Natural Disasters
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Wasn’t That a Mighty Storm: The 1900 Galveston Hurricane Wasn’t That a Mighty Storm: The 1900 Galveston Hurricane
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Gilliam Town Was Such a Wicked Town: The 1908 Gilliam Storm Gilliam Town Was Such a Wicked Town: The 1908 Gilliam Storm
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Trinity River Blues: The 1908 Trinity River Flood Trinity River Blues: The 1908 Trinity River Flood
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God Was in the Windstorm: The 1909 Grand Isle Hurricane God Was in the Windstorm: The 1909 Grand Isle Hurricane
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God Was Worried with Their Wicked Ways: The 1913 Omaha Tornado God Was Worried with Their Wicked Ways: The 1913 Omaha Tornado
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Wasn’t It a Storming Time? The 1915 New Orleans Hurricane Wasn’t It a Storming Time? The 1915 New Orleans Hurricane
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God He Rode in the Wind and Storm: The 1925 Tri-State Tornado God He Rode in the Wind and Storm: The 1925 Tri-State Tornado
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Earth Quaked Last Night: The 1927 Memphis Earthquake Earth Quaked Last Night: The 1927 Memphis Earthquake
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It Seemed Like Hell Was Broken: The 1930 Frost Tornado It Seemed Like Hell Was Broken: The 1930 Frost Tornado
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Mean Twister: The 1932 Alabama Tornado Mean Twister: The 1932 Alabama Tornado
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I’m Coming to You If through Twenty Feet of Water I Wade: The 1935 Crenshaw, Mississippi, Rescue I’m Coming to You If through Twenty Feet of Water I Wade: The 1935 Crenshaw, Mississippi, Rescue
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What a Storm That Evening: The 1942 Mississippi Tornado What a Storm That Evening: The 1942 Mississippi Tornado
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God’s Chariot: 1952 Mid-South Tornado God’s Chariot: 1952 Mid-South Tornado
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It’s Praying Time: The 1955 Mid-South Tornado It’s Praying Time: The 1955 Mid-South Tornado
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Unidentified and Miscellaneous Natural Disasters Unidentified and Miscellaneous Natural Disasters
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Conclusion Conclusion
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One Natural Disasters: Their Eyes Were Watching God: Storms and Hurricanes
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Published:August 2022
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Abstract
This chapter comprises the study of twelve sub-chapters delving into natural disasters that elicited more than one song each, and a miscellaneous sub-chapter dealing with several other unidentified calamities that produced only one song. The study of each disaster starts with a short historical introduction, which includes general information such as death toll, property damage, social and racial contextualization of the event, etc. The cultural impact of hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, droughts, and other natural disasters is scrutinized through the lens of black singers’ and composers’ song lyrics. A multidisciplinary analytic method drawing from sources such as geography, history, black culture, blues and gospel literature, folklore, ethnomusicology, etc. is used to analyze sacred and secular African American song lyrics. A comparison between white and black song lyrics recounting the same natural disaster sheds new light on black singers’ multifaceted approach and on the two communities’ different attitudes toward tragic events.
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