tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334811953068571761.post2313663855841896165..comments2022-09-10T08:17:44.277-07:00Comments on Somebody Thinks This Is Somewhere...: The Night Of The Johnstown Floodpostcardgedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11066943608918152754noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334811953068571761.post-46302101839710507642021-02-13T16:51:03.513-08:002021-02-13T16:51:03.513-08:00Thanks, until now I really thought Bruce made this...Thanks, until now I really thought Bruce made this upAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334811953068571761.post-17246103741958088382020-06-21T19:30:47.546-07:002020-06-21T19:30:47.546-07:00I'll leave this here for yinz to look at. Watc...I'll leave this here for yinz to look at. Watch "HKS Talks 2017 - Trevor Mills" on YouTube<br />https://youtu.be/5ebVVRzC7uMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334811953068571761.post-67219467564952803222019-08-22T18:30:49.899-07:002019-08-22T18:30:49.899-07:00A good 15 minute movie? come on! Charles Gu...A good 15 minute movie? come on! Charles Guggenheim won an Academy Award (documentary) for the film played at the Johnstown Flood Museum. There is another movie at the National Park in St. Michael, but locals consider it a little brutal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334811953068571761.post-88358292839626855282019-06-02T00:42:30.108-07:002019-06-02T00:42:30.108-07:00Being a Springsteen fan, every since i heard this ...Being a Springsteen fan, every since i heard this song the first time, i never thought the band was playing a song called "night of the johnstown flood," i always took it as for being WHEN the band was playing, but looking at it from a chronological perspective, there wouldn't have been police cars at the time of the flood BOBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10421403471683185579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334811953068571761.post-19990330703123717892017-01-11T21:49:34.026-08:002017-01-11T21:49:34.026-08:00There is song from 1889 about it called
THE JOHNST...There is song from 1889 about it called<br />THE JOHNSTOWN FLOOD<br />http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/songster/24-the-johnstown-flood.htmAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10114800029227302173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334811953068571761.post-28829514600682405102016-09-21T15:42:31.765-07:002016-09-21T15:42:31.765-07:00THE JOHNSTOWN FLOOD.
Copyright, 1889, by Chas. D. ...THE JOHNSTOWN FLOOD.<br />Copyright, 1889, by Chas. D. Blake & Co.<br />Words and Music by Joseph Flynn.<br /><br />On a balmy day in May, when nature held full sway,<br />And the birds sang sweetly in the sky above;<br />A lovely city lay serene in a valley deep in green,<br />Where thousands dwelt in happiness and love.<br />Ah, but soon the scene was changed, for just like a thing deranged,<br />A storm came crashing through the quiet town;<br />The wind it raved and shrieked, thunder rolled and lightning streaked,<br />And the rain it poured in awful torrents down.<br /><br />Refrain.<br />Then the cry of distress rings from East to West,<br />And our whole dear country now is plunged in woe;<br />For the thousands burned and drowned in the city of Johnstown,<br />All were lost in that great overflow.<br /><br />Like the Paul Revere of old, comes a rider brave and bold,<br />On a big bay horse he's flying like a deer;<br />And he is shouting warnings shrill, "quickly fly off to the hills,"<br />But the people smile and show no signs of fear.<br />Ah, but ere they turned away, the brave rider and his bay.<br />And the many thousand souls he tried to save;<br />For they had no time to spare, or to offer up a prayer.<br />They were hurled at once into a watery grave.-Refrain.<br /><br />'Twas a scene no tongue can tell, homes strewn about pell-mell.<br />Infants torn away from loving mothers' arms;<br />And strong men battling for their lives, husbands struggling for their wives,<br />And no one left protecting them from harm.<br />Fathers, mothers, children, all, both the young old, great and small,<br />Were thrown about like chaff before the wind;<br />When that fearful raging flood, rushing where the city stood.<br />Leaving thousands dead and dying there behind.-Refrain.<br /><br />Soon the houses piled on high, reaching far up to the sky,<br />And containing dead aim living human freight;<br />Loud shrieks and groans soon wrent the air. from the wounded lying there.<br />With no chance to help avert their dreadful fate.<br />But a fearful cry arose, like the screams of battling foes,<br />For that dreadful sick'ning pile was now on fire;<br />While they injured out prayers to heaven, they were burned as in an oven.<br />And that burning heap had formed their funeral pyre.-Refrain.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334811953068571761.post-26278431125807801312016-06-21T13:44:45.156-07:002016-06-21T13:44:45.156-07:00http://jaha.org/edu/flood/story/img/music/index.ht...http://jaha.org/edu/flood/story/img/music/index.html<br /><br />Songs about the flood from 1889Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334811953068571761.post-86119001085518500712014-06-18T18:21:22.177-07:002014-06-18T18:21:22.177-07:00It's amazing to pay a visit this site and read...It's amazing to pay a visit this site and reading the views of all friends on the topic of this post, while I am also zealous of getting know-how.<br /><br /><br />Here is my weblog: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkzpJehTEpQ" rel="nofollow">tata docomo</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334811953068571761.post-30031968329917405692013-09-14T16:31:40.777-07:002013-09-14T16:31:40.777-07:00I came here confused thinking the Springsteen song...I came here confused thinking the Springsteen song was about the "Jamestown Flood". <br /><br />Surely we'll be hearing more about the terrible flood happening now out in Boulder Colorado.<br /><br />Perhaps history will change with this one as well.<br /><br />We can only hope. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334811953068571761.post-60068597644027260302013-07-09T15:28:43.577-07:002013-07-09T15:28:43.577-07:00BrilliantBrilliantAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334811953068571761.post-7888911734257828392012-07-25T08:35:41.570-07:002012-07-25T08:35:41.570-07:00Thanks for this I visited Johnstown a while back a...Thanks for this I visited Johnstown a while back and was devestated by the pictures and story in the meuseum. I remembered the Boss's line you mention but could not remember what album and track it was so googled it and found this excelent piece, Thank you.Bazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05587425142921865213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334811953068571761.post-3744729608352699112011-12-07T07:00:57.104-08:002011-12-07T07:00:57.104-08:00Beautiful writing! ThanksBeautiful writing! ThanksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334811953068571761.post-65037964810761635212011-09-28T12:12:07.021-07:002011-09-28T12:12:07.021-07:00The oldest folk song I'm aware of is called Jo...The oldest folk song I'm aware of is called Johnstown Flood by the Brave Boys, its possibly this that Bruce sings about:<br /><br />http://www.newworldrecords.org/album.cgi?rm=view&album_id=80239Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334811953068571761.post-16424001878687196492011-09-06T13:19:36.872-07:002011-09-06T13:19:36.872-07:00I live in Pittsburgh and know these towns well. I&...I live in Pittsburgh and know these towns well. I'm not surprised you didn't enjoy this part of PA. Beer helps a lot! I stumbled upon this site also for the same reason as the previous entry. What a great way to see the country!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334811953068571761.post-24901940710282044312011-03-22T12:57:57.299-07:002011-03-22T12:57:57.299-07:00Do you know How much money was spent to Rebuild jo...Do you know How much money was spent to Rebuild johnstown?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334811953068571761.post-46217473435741259992011-02-05T21:00:40.797-08:002011-02-05T21:00:40.797-08:00Thank you for that. I found you by Googling Night ...Thank you for that. I found you by Googling Night of the Johnstown Flood. Yours was the first link I tried and I won't try another. It was perfect, and actually a bit Springsteen-esque is its tone. Nice contribution.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334811953068571761.post-62944456921794393922010-05-26T06:40:01.112-07:002010-05-26T06:40:01.112-07:00I'm way behind on your blog and you're alr...I'm way behind on your blog and you're already in another country, but the singer/songwriter Oh Susanna did an entire album set in Johnstown on the day of the flood. It's not a concept album, and only a few of the songs even mention the flood--she just imagines the stories of people whose lives were about to be changed or ended by the flood. It's a great album (I like it far better than anything else she's recorded), and it got me reading about the flood. Still haven't made it to the museum, though I plan to. Someday.Amynoreply@blogger.com