MURRAY COUNTY POETRYPoems by Murray Poets and Poems About Murray County THE CYCLONE OF GEORGIAby Waymon R. Roberts NOTE: The storm, which hit Murray and Whitfield Counties in March 1932, was called a tornado by some, a cyclone by others. This poem appeared in the April 28, 1932 issue of The Dalton Citizen In Whitfield County, Georgia Near the Murray County line, A Tornado came a-sweeping, And to pray they had no time. It was on one Monday evening, Just about 8:10 o'clock, Perhaps they said, "Lord-a-mercy," As their homes began to rock. A brave little boy tells the story, After the cyclone passed them by; He was blown some foreign distance, Heard his mother's wounded cry. He covered her with a blanket, Which was a brave deed, you know; But she's gone up yonder, Onto that golden shore. Oh, dear people, do take warning, Listen to this awful fate; There's coming another cyclone, And it may be then too late, Let us live this life for Jesus, So we can enter through the gate; For the time is a-coming on, At the fastest kind of rate. Murray County Poetry
Murray County Poetry