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Thread #26206   Message #3510149
Posted By: GUEST,Matthew Presti
29-Apr-13 - 05:06 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Out on the Rolling Sea (Joseph Spence)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Out on the Rolling Sea (Joseph Spence)
Here's the final transcript:


Tell you 'bout how Jonah make his mind to go 'way
The mariners wanna know "Did Niniveh fall?"
When the perfidy left without a slow sail
When out on the ocean blew a terrible gale
The seamen beheld this while their face grew white, they was...

Seamen beheld while their face grew white,
Didn't they see what a terrible, what a wonderful sight?
Now behold a great whale on the crest of the wave,
Swallowed the prophet no man could save,
but Jesus told the fish, he gave the command, they was...