"Rise and Shine"
(Traditional American Tune)

"For behold, I will bring a flood of waters upon the earth..." Genesis 6:17


INTRODUCTION

Pitter, patter, pitter, patter.
Rain or shine,
Give god the glory, glory,
Rise and shine,
Give god the glory, glory,
Children of the Lord!
Pitter, patter, pitter, patter.

VERSE 1

The Lord told Noah,
There's gonna be a floody, floody,
The Lord told Noah,
There's gonna be a floody, floody,
Get those animals,
Out of the muddy, muddy,
Children of the Lord.

VERSE 2

Noah, he built him,
He built him an ,
Arky, arky,
Noah, he built him,
He built him an ,
Arky, arky,
Built it out of (clap),
Birchy barky, barky,
Children of the Lord.

VERSE 3

The animals they came on by,
Twosy, twosy,
The animals they came on by,
Twosy, twosy,
Elephants and kangaroosy, roosy,
Children of the Lord.

VERSE 4


It rained, and rained,
For forty daysy, daysy,
It rained, and rained,
For forty daysy, daysy,
Nearly drove those animals
Crazy, crazy,
Children of the Lord.

VERSE 5

The sun came out and,
Dried off the landy, landy, The sun came out and,
Dried off the landy, landy,
Heavenly sunlight, heavenly sunlight,
Flooding my soul with glory divine.
Every thing was fine and dandy, dandy,
Children of the Lord.

VERSE6

This is the end of,
Our story, story,
This is the end of,
Our story, story,
Everything is (clap),
Hunky dory, dory,
Children of the Lord.

ENDING

Now Noah said to rise and shine,
We're children of the Lord!





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