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There's talk in town from the livery to saloonJust last night, somebody saw a bloodspot on the moonAnd two counties over it was rumored that three dogs went madThey put 'em down with charm salt but those folk's luck still gone badWell, this morning in the pine pews at Calvary ChurchThe womenfolk were nervous, the sermon unrehearsedAnd the newspaper front page spoke of a Mr. John BrownWhen they hanged him in Virginia, he wore an abolition frownThere's a gathering stormFrom the North to the SouthSwirling with vengeanceThere's thunder in them cloudsThat gathering stormFrom the Wild West to the EastIs coming like a locomotive Engineered by a hellish beast Ol' Sassafras Sassoon was hunting down in Snakebite HollowSaid he found a dead angel and his tobacco he did swallowSaid that angel was a dire omen of consequence to comeSaid he got down on his knees and prayed after a shot of sweet rumWell, there's fussing and fighting in the Jenkins householdTommy told his pappy no man or woman should ever be soldPappy said Ham from the bible, he was to blame So Tom bought a ticket one way bound on the first northern trainSongtexteDon't you feel that gathering stormSomething's wrong with the weatherA gathering storm is movingOver the cowering heatherThat gathering stormGonna shake our sycamore treesThere's lightning in the firmamentAnd it's aimed at you and meDon't you feel that gathering stormFrom N'Orleans to Arkansas Casting a great big shadowLike a sharp black bear claw A gathering stormFrom Mississippi to New YorkThat gathering stormGonna rain down pitchforksThat gathering stormFrom the North to the SouthSwirling with vengeance There's thunder in them cloudsA gathering stormHear the nevermore ravens singAll the hosts of heaven And hell are shivering Aus Songtexte Mania