Stormy Sunday

I Like It When It's Stormy

When I woke up this morning, Stormy Darragh was on my mind..... So I barred the door behind me against the wind, and saddled up my pinto for a wild ride.....

Rode down the shore apiece, where the Wash was blowing foam:

Then kicked off across the drainage ditch where the reeds were going mad:

Over the marsh the geese were lying low:

But a red kite was hanging in there over the field up beyond the old railway line:

Then the wind picked up, and spooked my horse, who threw me down on the track, tearing off like a National winner, leaving me lying in the mud.....

Stormy weather, stormy weather

And I just can't get my poor self together

Harold Arlen / Ted Koehler

Stormy Weather

Well I limped on into the woods, trees crashing all around:

Lord have mercy on me

Though I'm tryin' and tryin' to find my pinto

Won't somebody please send 'er home

Aaron T-Bone Walker

Stormy Monday

But then I saw a glim of light:

Just past my favourite tree:

Despite the debris all around:

The mashed up waste of winter weather, the death of life, the mess of autumn, I found some signs of hope.  A tiny fungus here:

A larger one here peeking through the litter:

And there were leaves that had clung on:

Brave, lonely leaves that would not give in to the forces against them:

And then there were catkins, the male flowers of the hazel, early this year, but strong and healthy, ready to give new life in the spring:

And then, above the gale, I heard bells ringing, the bells of St Mary's, calling the faithful to prayer, a lovely sound.....

And, even though I walked on by, I knew that, somehow, somewhere there was some good in this world.....

I like it when it's stormy

'Cause it reminds me of my life

When lightning strikes without warning

Like it has in my world once or twice

I hear the thunder rolling

Feel the icy, cold hail storm

I like it when it's stormy

But I don't like being alone

I like it when it's stormy

Blowin' a hard rain

Looking out my window

Wishing you was coming back again

Hank Williams Jr.

I like it when it's stormy

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[Please note that quoting Hank Williams Jr. in no way endorses his political views.]

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Maybe I will find my horse again some day....