Big wind big wind's comin'

From daylight till dusk we've been a workin' in the dust

Pickin' cotton workin' side by side

Oh I can't forget I still remember yet the way my daddy looked at me and cried

Big wind's a comin' listen to the hummin' hurry up now 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

I ran across the field so scared my lips was scaled

To warn my mom to storm was on its way

Now I knew I'd won the race when I'd see my mama's face

And the way she looked at me and said

Big wind's a comin'...

Oh but dad was on the cellar and by now the sky was yellow

The wind was blowin' trees were fallin'

And outside I heard him cryin' and as he lay there dyin'

It seemed I could still hear him sayin'

Big wind's a comin'...

Big wind big wind's comin'