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Subject: One More River and That Wide River is Jordan From: CYNSARA@AOL.COM Date: 20 May 97 - 08:51 AM Searching for the lyrics to a camp song I barely remember: Some of it goes like this: "Oh Mrs. Noah, she got drunk, One More River to Cross She fell right out of the captains bunk One More River to Cross CHORUS One More River And that wide river is Jordan One More River There's One More River to Cross! Thanks for your help! Click for lyrics in Digital Tradition
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Subject: RE: One More River and That Wide River is Jordan From: DrWord [dwood@mbnet.mb.ca] Date: 21 May 97 - 02:52 PM The way I remember it [hazily] there are verses for every number from two to ten: The animals came in two by two (There's one more river to cross) The elephant and the kangaroo (One more river to cross) Refrain The animals came in eight by eight "Hurry up!" says Noah, "Or I'll shut the gate" Hope this helps a bit...I'll pick my brother's brain for more... |
Subject: Lyr Add: ONE MORE RIVER From: Ralph Butts Date: 22 May 97 - 09:51 AM I found this in "The Fireside Book of Fun and Game Songs" c1974, Simon and Schuster, Marie Winn, Editor. The song is not attributed. Verses for 6 through 10, as mentioned by DrWord, weren't there...Tiger ONE MORE RIVER Each stanza has "There's one more river to cross" as second and fourth lines.
Old Noah built himself an ark,
One more river, And that's the river of Jordan; One more river, There's one more river to cross. There's one… The elephant chewed on a hot cross bun, There's one…
The animals went in two by two,
The animals went in three by three,
The animals went in four by four,
The animals went in five by five,
And as they talked of this and that,
Oh, Mrs. Noah she got drunk, |
Subject: Lyr Add: ONE MORE RIVER From: Bert Hansell Date: 22 May 97 - 10:45 AM From the YHA Songbook, 1954. Old Noah once did build an ark, One more river to cross, And patched it up with hickory bark, One more river to cross Chorus... One more river, one more river to Jordan One more river, one more river to cross. The animals went in one by one The elephant chewing a carraway bun ....two by two The Rinoceros and the kangaroo ...three by three The bear, the bug and the bumble bee ...four The fat hippopotamus stuck in the door ...five The bumble bee was all alive ...six The donkey laughed at the monkey's tricks ...seven Said the flea to the elephant "Who're you shovin'?" ..eight They came with a rush for it was so late ...nine And Noah began to pull the line ...ten But the skipper blew the whistle then And now the voyage did begin As Noah pulled the gangway in Old Noah at the helm he sat Till he bumped her on Mount Ararat The old ark was stranded high and dry The passengers shouted out "Good-bye" |
Subject: Lyr Add: DIDN'T OLD NOAH BUILD THE ARK? From: rich r Date: 22 May 97 - 08:56 PM The verse pattern and content of this song seems to have substantial overlap with the verses to "Who Built The Ark? Noah, Noah" as found in Ruth Crawford Seeger's book AMERICAN FOLK SONGS FOR CHILDREN. I expect the verses are interchangeable. It would be interesting to know the origins and divergence of both.
Now didn't old Noah build the ark?
He built it long, both wide and tall,
He found him an axe and hammer too,
And every time that hammer ring,
Now in come the animals two by two,
...3 by 3
...4 by 4
...5 by 5
...6 by 6
...7 by 7
...8 by 8
...9 by 9
...10 by 10
Now Noah says, go shut that door, OK so it violates the tenets that only 2 of each were allowed and that all the animals were included. Were the fish, marine mammals, nudibranchs, sponges, etc. left to fend for themselves? But then, it's only a counting song. |
Subject: RE: One More River and That Wide River is Jordan From: Ricky Rackin Date: 23 May 97 - 09:35 PM I HATE parodies but remember the Middletown Levines singing "Fried Liver"......"one more Liver defrost" Anybody remember that one? Ricky |
Subject: Lyr Add: ONE MORE RIVER From: Dicho (Frank Staplin) Date: 29 Apr 02 - 06:01 PM Lyr. Add: ONE MORE RIVER Now ladies, give this ark a tow, There's one more river to cross, Just pull the string and let it go, There's one more river to cross. Chorus: One more river, and that's the river of Jordan, One more river, there's one more river to cross. Old Noah, he did build an ark, There's one more river to cross, He built it out of hickory bark, There's one more river to cross. Old Noah had to load his stock, There's one more river to cross, He anchored to a great big rock, There's one more river to cross. The animals went in one by one, There's one more river to cross, The elephant chewin' on a caraway bun, There's one more river to cross. The animals went in two by two, There's one more river to cross, The rhinoceras and the kangaroo, There's one more river too cross. The animals went in three by three, There's one more river to cross, The bat, the bear and the bumblebee, There's one more river to cross. The animals went in four by four, There's one more river to cross, Old Noah got mad and hollered for more, There's one more river to cross. The animals went in five by five, There's one more river to cross, With Saratoga trunks they did arrive, There's one more river to cross. The animals went in six by six, There's one more river to cross, The hyena laughed at the monkey's tricks, There's one more river to cross. The animals went in seven by seveen, There's one more river to cross, Says the ant to the elephant who are you shovin'? There's one more river to cross. The animals went in eight by eight, There's one more river to cross, Old Noah hollered it's a-gettin' mighty late, There's one more river to cross. The animals went in nine by nine, There's one more river to cross, Old Noah hollered for to cut that line, There's one more river to cross. The animals went in ten by ten, There's one more river to cross, Old Noah blowed his whistle then, There's one more river to cross. Then the voyage did begin, There's one more river to cross, Old Noah pulled his gangplank in, There's one more river to cross. They never knowed where they was at, There's one more river to cross, Till the old ark bumped on Ararat, There's one more river to cross. This version is more fully developed than versions in the DT and Forum. The 1st verse is from another song. Ms. from Mrs Maggie Morgan, Arkansas, 1942; heard it sung "about 1890." From Vance Randolph, 1982, Ozark Folk Songs, vol. 2, version B, pp. 380-382. Higginson, 1867, gave a Negro version in his article in the Atlantic Monthly. "Pull the String" appeared in a songbook in 1897. Others suggest the song was originally from minstrel or tent shows. The animals vary from version to version, as does the type of bun chewed by the elephant. |
Subject: Lyr Add: ONE MORE RIVER From: Dicho (Frank Staplin) Date: 29 Apr 02 - 06:24 PM Other lines from Vance Randolph, Ozark Folksongs: The elephant a-leanin on the kangaroo Polecat a-talkin' to the bumblebee. The oldest version in Higginson, 1867, doesn't mention animals. It is a boat song. Lyr. Add: ONE MORE RIVER O, Jordan bank was a great old bank! Dere ain't but one more river to cross. We have some valiant soldier here. Dere ain't etc. O, Jordan stream will never run dry, Dere ain't etc. *Dere's a hill on my leff, and he catch on my right, Dere ain't but one more river to cross. "Dat mean, if you go on de leff, go to (de)'struction, and if you go on the right, go to God, for sure." T. W. Higginson, Atlantic Monthly, June, 1867, song X. From http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/TWH/Higg.html. Negro Spirituals |
Subject: RE: One More River and That Wide River is Jordan From: masato sakurai Date: 11 May 02 - 01:46 AM "One More Ribber For To Cross" (text only) is in the Levy Collection (Click here).
Title: Song Sheet (1) Nancy Lee (2) One More Ribber For To Cross. [damaged copies] ~Masato |
Subject: RE: One More River and That Wide River is Jordan From: Q (Frank Staplin) Date: 27 May 05 - 06:11 PM There is great similiariy to each other of the "One More Ribber (River) versions about Noah and the Ark, including the one mentioned in the Levy collection by Masato. This suggests an original song sheet source. Two unrelated song sheets are pasted together, posting above by Masato; "Nancy Lee" was published by Auner, "One More Ribber" by W. F. Shaw, both Philadelphia; 19th c. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: One More River and That Wide River is... From: Q (Frank Staplin) Date: 19 Mar 08 - 03:00 PM Several fairly recent gospel songs share the title, "One More River," but do not involve Noah and the Ark. ONE MORE RIVER No attribution, Soul Stirrers One more river to cross Before I'll reach my journey's end One more river to cross Before I'll be free from sin One more mountain to climb Before I finish this race One more river to cross Before I see my savior's face One more river to cross Before I'll be free from fear One more river to cross Before I'll be through shedding tears One more mountain to climb Before I'll be with the blessed One more river to cross Before I take my rest. And I've got one more river I've got one more river I've got one more mountain Before I take my rest Heavy burden down here They all make just a-one more river Trials is a-one more river Disappointments is a-one more mountain Before I take my rest One more river to cross. From www.lyricsmania.com. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: One More River and That Wide River is... From: Q (Frank Staplin) Date: 19 Mar 08 - 03:26 PM Lyr. Add: ONE MORE RIVER TO CROSS No attribution Oh, you got Jesus, hold him fast One more river to cross Oh, better love was never told One more river to cross Tis stronger than an iron hand One more river to cross Tis sweeter than honeycomb One more river to cross. Oh, wasn't that a wide river River of Jordan, Lord, Wide river There's one more river to cross. Oh, the good old chariot passing by One more river to cross She jarred the earth an' shook the sky One more river to cross The good old chariot passing by. One more river to cross I pray, good Lord, shall I be one? One more river to cross. Oh, wasn't that a wide river River of Jordan, Lord, Wide river There's one more river to cross. One More River See thread "Oh, Wasn't that a Wide Ribber?," thread 41329, Wide Ribber A large number of interrelated hymns and gospel. Very hard to select a thread; similarity of title was my decision here. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: One More River and That Wide River is... From: Lighter Date: 21 Jun 23 - 07:20 AM 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]. |
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