Yellow Fever

It was a deadly yellow fever epidemic
At first only a few
where sick and then it
Started raging bad,
It was the
wort this town has had
It was the summer of 1853
Only
my dear old dad and me
Escaped alive
Escaped
unscathed

Summer of 1853
the river reeked of
mortality
Summer of 1853
the river reeked of
mortality
It was a deadly yellow fever epidemic