Noah - Harry Belafonte

Brothers?

Yeah

Sisters?

Yeah

Says here in Genesis, one chapter one

In the beginning God made the earth

And also says here in Genesis, six chapter six

That the children of Israel were sinning, a sinning

What did I say? They were a sinning

That's exactly what I said

And when God saw them sinning

It hurt Him to his heart, it hurt Him so bad

It made Him mad, it made Him so mad he was angry

And when God got angry the sky turned dark

And it was than that he told Noah to build the ark

Who built the ark, Noah

Who built the ark, Noah

Who built the ark, Noah, Noah

Noah built that ark

Children stop to steel, listen to me

God walked down by the Briny sea

Beheld evil of the sinful men

Declared that he would destroy the land

Spoke to Noah Brother Noah stopped.

He said look a here Noah build me an ark

Won't you build it big and strong

Build it 300 cubic long, 30 high, about 50 wide

I want it to stand my rain and tide

On this day I make my mark

In a 100 years I want that ark

Knocking thru with this evil land

Not a living thing is gonna stand

Except the things that I tell to you

That I gonna need, when the world is new

I've been east and I've been west

I decided to put this world at rest

I've been up and I've been down

Nothing but evil all around

I've seen brother turn against brother

Up this high and it'll go no further

Women weep and children mourn

Sorry the day that men was born

Sinful people one by one

Sorry the day my wrath begun

Sorry the day my wrath begun

Sorry the day my wrath begun

Sorry the day my wrath begun

`Cause it's gonna rain

`Cause it's gonna rain

`Cause it's gonna rain

`Cause it's gonna rain

And all this land is my land

Not a living thing is gonna stand

'Cause it's gonna rain

`Cause it's gonna rain

`Cause it's gonna rain

`Cause it's gonna rain

Who built the ark? Noah. Yeah

Who built the ark? Noah. Yeah

Who built the ark? Noah Noah

Noah built the ark

When after God told him what to do

Then the work began cut and hew

Ringing o' the hammer was "judgment"

Ringing o' the saw "God said repent"

100 years he hammered and sawed

Building the ark by the grace of God

After the foundation was laid

Hewed down the timber and the ark was made

Called in the animals two by two

There was the Ox, the Camel and the Kangaroo

Hallowed in the monkey and the crocodile

He even made the animals they couldn't smile

Packed them in the ark so tight

The Owl couldn't get no sleep at night

Called in Japheth and Shem and Ham

God began to flood the land

Raised his hand to heaven on high

And knocked that sun and the moon from the sky

Shook the mountains and disturbed the sea

Hitched his reins to his Chariot Wheel

Stepped on land and stood out on shore

Declared this time couldn't be no more

Cause it's gonna rain

Cause it's gonna rain

Cause it's gonna rain

Cause it's gonna rain