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Thread #3715   Message #890998
Posted By: Snuffy
15-Feb-03 - 12:14 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: 'Old Man Noah'
Subject: Add: tune 'Noah Found Grace'
Here's my transcription of Lonnie Donegan's version of Noah Found Grace In The Eyes Of The Lord from his 1962 Gospel LP Sing Halleluja. Note the R:Hornpipe in the ABC - the 1/8 notes are in a dotted rhythm, not equal as written

X: 250
T:Noah Found Grace In The Eyes Of The Lord
M:4/4
L:1/8
Q:1/4=140
C:Words and Music by Robert Schmertz, 1951
S:Recorded by Lonnie Donegan
R:Hornpipe
D:'Sing Halleluja', Pye NPL 18073, 1962
K:G
%CHORUS
GGG2 G2GG|G2GG G4|
w:No-ah found grace in the eyes of the Lord,
AAA2 A2AA|A2AA A4|
w:No-ah found grace in the eyes of the Lord,
GGG2 B2BB|c2cc e2
w:No-ah found grace in the eyes of the Lord,
ee|d2d2 d2d2|G4||
w:And he land-ed high and dry.
%VERSE
B2A2|B2G2 G2GG|GGGG (ED2)
w:Well, the Lord looked down from His win-dow in the sky,_
G|BGGG G2GG|AAAA A4|
w:Said, "I cre-at-ed man but I don't re-mem-ber why.
GGG2 BBBB|c2c2 e3
w:No-thing but fight-ing since cre-a-tion day.
e|dddd dddd|DDEF G2
w:I'll send a lit-tle wa-ter and I'll wash 'em all a-way."
BA|B2G2 GGGG|G2G2 (ED2)
w:Well, the Lord came down to look a-round a spell,_
B|BGGG GG2G|AAAA A3
w:And there was Mis-ter No-ah be-hav-ing might-y well,
A|GGG2 BBB2|ccc2 e3
w:And that is the rea-son, the Scrip-tures re-cord,
e|ddd2 d2dd|DEF2 G4||
w:That No-ah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.




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