BIBLE SONGS: GENESIS
WEEK OF 30 SEPTEMBER 2008
WEEK OF 30 SEPTEMBER 2008
NOAH
The Bible has been a source of humor as well as wisdom. This is a comic song based on the story of Noah. It was recorded for the movie, Casablanca, but omitted. Old Noah, what did he do? He built the floating zoo of camels and mammals and all kind of animals. That's what Noah done. He rescued two of a kind and had his boat designed for muskrats and polecats and bulldogs and alleycats.
Who done that? Noah? Who done that? Noah. Who done that? Noah. That's what Noah done.
There was no nothing in sight for 40 days and nights. So Noah, Noah just took a row about. That's what Noah done.
Who done that? Noah. Who done that? Noah. Who done that? Noah. That's what Noah done.
There was no nothing in sight for 40 days and nights. So Noah, Noah just took a row about. That's what Noah done.
ON THE WINGS OF A DOVE
This song was a pop hit in the 1950s. The dove is a symbol in both the Old and New Testaments. For Christians, the Dove is the Holy Spirit.
On the wings of a snow-white dove, he sends his pure, sweet love. A sign from above on the wings of a dove. When troubles surround us, when evils come: the body grows weak, the spirit grows numb. When these things beset us, he doesn't forget us: he sends down his love on the wings of a dove. On the wings of a snow-white dove, he sends his pure, sweet love. A sign from above on the wings of a dove.This song was a pop hit in the 1950s. The dove is a symbol in both the Old and New Testaments. For Christians, the Dove is the Holy Spirit.
When Noah had drifted on the flood many days, he searched for land in various ways. Troubles, he had some, but wasn't forgotten. He sent him his love on the wings of a dove.
On the wings of a snow-white dove, he sends his pure sweet love. A sign from above on the wings of a dove.
On the wings of a snow-white dove, He sends his pure, sweet love. A sign from above on the wings of a dove, on the wings of a dove, on the wings of a dove.
DIDN'T IT RAIN?
Black Gospel. This song refers to the Flood in Genesis:
Didn't it rain, children? It rained all night long! O my Lord didn't it rain? Tell me didn't it rain, children? It rained all night long! You know it did! I said it did now! Well it rained 40 days and it rained 40 nights. There wasn't no land nowhere in sight. God sent a raven to spread the news. Bird spread his wings and away he flew. To the east, to the west, to the north, to the south. All day all night! Listen to the rain! In the north, in the south, in the east, it rained in the west!Black Gospel. This song refers to the Flood in Genesis:
Listen to that rain, yeah!
Tell me didn't it rain, children? It rained all night long! You know it did! I say it did now! O my lord didn't it rain Didn't it rain children? It rained all night long! Tell me, I want to hear it? Well it rained 40 days ad 40 nights without stopping. Noah got worried when the rain kept a-dropping!
Sent out a raven, sent out a dove The waters from God came down from above. Calling my God when it started to rain. The women and the children began to scream.
They knocked on the windows and they rattled on the door. Cried, "Ooh, Noah, take on more!"
Noah, said, "No, no, my friends! God got to keep that number in!" Father Noah!
Oh, God's going to ride on that raven, child!
Tell me didn't it rain children? Listen to the rain! (repeat) You'd better get ready and bear ths in mind. God told Noah, the rain this time. It won't be water, the fire next time.* Talk about rain, in the east and in the west! It's going to rain, you'd better get ready. Talk about rain! Listen to the rain! Drip-drop! Tell me didn't it rain, children? All night long! Didn't it rain?
*[B]by God's word the heavens existed and the earth was formed out of water and by water. By these waters also the world of that time was destroyed. By the same word the present heavens and earth are set apart for fire, on the day of judgment of ungodly men" (2 Peter 3:5f.)
GOD PUT A RAINBOW IN THE CLOUDS
This Black Gospel song refers to the Noachide Covenant, the first of 4 covenants in the Old Testament, between God and his people. The rainbow is a sign of that covenant. This is what is called an "etiological story": a story that explains a common event (rainbows appear after a rainstorm).
When God shut Noah in the grand old ark, God put a rainbow in the cloud! When the thunders rolled and the clouds were dark, God put a rainbow in the cloud! Well, I say, God he put a rainbow in the cloudThis Black Gospel song refers to the Noachide Covenant, the first of 4 covenants in the Old Testament, between God and his people. The rainbow is a sign of that covenant. This is what is called an "etiological story": a story that explains a common event (rainbows appear after a rainstorm).
Well, God he put the rainbow in the cloud! Well, when it looked like the sun wasn't going to shine anymore Well, I say, God he put the rainbow in the cloud!
As a sign by day, and a sign by night, God he put the rainbow in the cloud Well, to lead and to guide his children right
God he put a rainbow in the cloud!
Well, I know it, God he put a rainbow in the cloud Yeah, God he put the rainbow in the cloud Well, when it looked like the sun wasn't going to shine anymore.
Well, I know it, God put the rainbow in the cloud Well, I know it, God he put the rainbow in the cloud Well God he put the rainbow in the cloud! Now when it looked like the sun wouldn't shine anymore. Well I know that God put a rainbow in the cloud!
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