Forty Days and Forty Nights

Forty days and forty nights the ground was white with snow,
The sun did show no heat to melt the cover from the ground,
The streets were white with melted salt the cold did hold it on,
The days were long and cold.

Forty days and forty nights the ground was frozen hard,
The wind was cruel, the sun was hid nothing was unfroze,
The birds of the wild stayed hidden from the wind that blew,
The days were long and cold.

Forty days and forty nights there was no warmth in sight,
The people walking huddled from the wind,
The future near bears no relief from this blight,
The days were long and cold.