Story Behind The Song
It's 1935 and an Oklahoma farmer is looking across the plains at an oncoming dust storm, bringing ever more hardship, death and destruction. Set in the time of the dust bowl of the 1930s.
| Song Length |
3:09 |
Genre |
Country - Americana, Folk - Americana |
| Tempo |
Multiple Tempos |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Troubled |
Subject |
Disasters, Fear |
| Language |
English |
Era |
1930 - 1939 |
Lyrics
Old Black Roller
taller than the sky
Old Black Roller
he's angrier this time
Old Black Roller
chasing out our plows
Raining down pneumonia
killing all our cows
Old Black Roller
why'd you come today?
Half of Oklahoma
is blowing dead away