Lyr Add: Jonah was a Prophet (Minor)

Subject: Lyr Add: JONAH WAS A PROPHET (MINOR)
From: Haruo
Date: 11 Oct 00 - 11:18 AM

Jonah was a prophet (minor)

(Leland Bryant Ross)

Jonah was a prophet (minor), patriotic, proud, absurd,
till creation's grand Designer sent to him his holy word:

Go to Nineveh / preach destruction there —

They have roused my righteous ire!

Thou'lt know how to tell / them of hottest hell,

Teach them of brimstone, and evoke fear of fire!"

Jonah, frankly, did not relish preaching to Assyria's hordes;
truth to tell, a prospect hellish seemed this summons of the LORD’S.

"Jonah, boy," said he, / "This job's not for me.

Let's take off and see the earth,

Sail the seven seas, / smell the salty breeze,

Hitchhike to Joppa and engage me a berth!"

Part (between Jonah 1:2 and 1:3) of my "comic worship oratorio" Jonah was a prophet (minor), 1997, © Liland Brajant Ros'

Sorry I don't have a clickable MIDI of Austria; it's the tune variously known as "Deutschland über alles" or "Glorious things of thee are spoken"

Subject: RE: Lyrics Add: Jonah was a Prophet [Minor]
From: Haruo
Date: 11 Oct 00 - 11:43 AM

Forgot to capitalize TITLE and add my initials. Sorry.

JONAH WAS A PROPHET (MINOR)

LBR