23. Rise and Shine

1 The Lord said to Noah,
"There's gonna be a floody, floody."
Lord said to Noah,
"There's gonna be a floody, floody.
The whole world is gonna be muddy, muddy,"
Children of the Lord!

Refrain:
So rise and shine and give God the glory, glory.
Rise and shine and give God the glory, glory.
Rise and shine and give God the glory, glory,
Children of the Lord!

2 God said to Noah,
"You better build an arky, arky."
God said to Noah,
"You better build an arky, arky.
Build it out of birchy barky, barky,"
Children of the Lord! [Refrain]

3 The animals came on board,
They came by twosies, twosies,
Animals came on board,
They came by twosies, twosies,
Elephants and kangaroosies, roosies,
Children of the Lord! [Refrain]

4 It rained and rained
For forty nights and daysies, daisies.
Rained and rained
For forty nights and daysies, daisies.
Almost drove those animals crazy, crazy,
Children of the Lord! [Refrain]

5 Noah, he looked up
And saw a dovey, dovey.
Noah, he looked up
And saw a dovey, dovey.
Saw it up in heaven abovey, 'bovey.
Children of the Lord! [Refrain]

6 The sun came out
And dried up the landy, landy,
Sun came out
And dried up the landy, landy.
Everything was fine and dandy, dandy,
Children of the Lord! [Refrain]

7 The animals came off,
Came off by threesies, threesies,
Animals came off,
Came off by threesies, threesies.
They heard about those
Birds and beesies, beesies,
Children of the Lord! [Refrain]

8 This is the end of,
The end of my story, story,
This is the end of,
The end of my story, story.
Everytthing is
Hunky-dory, dory.
Children of the Lord! [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: The Lord said to Noah, "There's gonna be a floody, floody"
Title: Rise and Shine
Refrain First Line: So rise and shine and give God the glory, glory
Language: English
Publication Date: 1996
Scripture:
Topic: African-American spiritual; Children: Animals; Children (5 more...)
Source: Traditional African-American spiritual
Tune Information
Name: [The Lord said to Noah, there's gonna be a floody, floody]
Arranger: Eugene B. Navias
Key: C Major
Source: Traditional African-American spiritual
Copyright: Arr. © Beacon Press



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