Taking the title from the movie of the same name (an excellent film even if it was Nuclear test rather than climate change which caused the heat wave, this looks at the recent heat wave in Jersey, and sets the frame to a well known hymn.
The Day the Earth Caught Fire
The heat so stifling, still this night,
Waves of warm air in daylight
Keep me cool, above all things
With gentle breeze as beating wings
The Day the Earth Caught Fire
The heat so stifling, still this night,
Waves of warm air in daylight
Keep me cool, above all things
With gentle breeze as beating wings
Come end the heat, for this I pray,
The rising temperature throughout the day
When will it end, when will that be
Before my sleep restored to me.
The endless hot air, comforts few
So hard to sleep the whole night thro'.
I toss and turn, and dreams forsake
And barely slumber till I wake.
O Earth, from whom the hot winds flow
O Earth, preserve us here below
O Earth, burning times you host
O Earth, the cool days seem a ghost
The rising temperature throughout the day
When will it end, when will that be
Before my sleep restored to me.
The endless hot air, comforts few
So hard to sleep the whole night thro'.
I toss and turn, and dreams forsake
And barely slumber till I wake.
O Earth, from whom the hot winds flow
O Earth, preserve us here below
O Earth, burning times you host
O Earth, the cool days seem a ghost
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