George K. Ward, A.B. Kelly, John C. Pennington, eds., Carmina Princetonia: The Princeton Song Book (1869):

                        
                           THE ARK.

                   Class of ‘65’s glee club amusement.

            [Tune: “When Johnny Comes Marching Home”]

O, Noah built himself an Ark,
Hurrah! Hurrah!
O, Noah built himself an Ark,
Hurrah! Hurrah!
O, Noah built himself an Ark,
And made it all of hick’ry bark,
And we’ll all feel gay when Noah comes sailing home again,
And we’ll all feel gay when Noah comes sailing home!

[Similarly JL:]


Now into this Ark the animals went,
In just the order they were sent.

The animals went in one by one,
And Japhet with a big bass-drum.

The animals went in two by two,
The Elephant and the kangaroo.

The animals went in three by three,
The Hippopotamus and bumble-bee.

[Four is missing.]

The animals went in fives by fives,
Shem, Ham, and Japhet, and their wives.

And as they talked on this and that,
The Ark it bumped on Ararat.

Oh! Mrs. Noah, she got drunk,
And kicked the old gentleman out of his bunk.

Oh! Noah, he went on a spree,
And banished Ham to Afrikee.

Perhaps you think there’s another verse,
But there an’t [sic].