It was nineteen hundred and twenty-nine (run come see)   I remember the day pretty well   Nineteen hundred and twenty-nine   Run come see Jerusalem      There was talk about a storm in the island (run come see)   My God what a beautiful morning   It was in nineteen hundred and twenty nine    Run come see I remember that day very well    It was in nineteen hundred and twenty nine    Run come see Jerusalem       That day they were talkin' 'bout a storm in the islands   My God what a beautiful morning    They were talkin' 'bout a storm in the islands   Run come see Jerusalem      That day there were three ships a leavin' out the harbour   The Ethel the Myrtle and the Pretoria   There were three ships a leavin' out the harbour    Run come see Jerusalem      These ships were bound for a neighbouring island   With the mothers and children on board   These ships were bound for a neighbouring island   Run come see Jerusalem      Now the Pretoria was out on the ocean   Rocking from side to side    Yes the Pretoria was out on the ocean   Run come see Jerusalem      My God when the first wave hit the Pretoria   The mothers come hauling to their children my God   When the first wave hit the Pretoria   Run come see Jerusalem      My God there were thirty-three souls on the water   Oh my God they were swimming and praying to the good Lord   There were thirty three souls on the water   Run come see Jerusalem      My God now George Brown he was the captain   He shouted come my children come pray   He said "Come now witness your judgment"   Run come see Jerusalem      It was in nineteen hundred and twenty nine    Run come see I remember that day very well    It was in nineteen hundred and twenty nine    Run come see Jerusalem