NOAH'S ARK

1
Old Noah he built himself an ark,
There's one wide river to cross!
He built it all of hickory bark,
There's one wide river to cross!

Chorus:
There's one wide river,
and that wide river is Jordan,
There's one wide river,
There's one wide river to cross!

2
The animals went in one by one,
There's one wide river to cross!
And Japhet with a big bass drum,
There's one wide river to cross!
3
The animals went in two by two,
There's one wide river to cross!
The Elephant and the Kangaroo,
There's one wide river to cross!
4
The animals went in three by three,
There's one wide river to cross!
The Hippopotamus and the Bumblebee,
There's one wide river to cross!
5
The animals went in fives by fives,
There's one wide river to cross!
Shem, Ham, and Japhet, and their wives,
There's one wide river to cross!
6
And when he found he had no sail,
There's one wide river to cross!
He just ran up his old coat tail,
There's one wide river to cross!
7
And as they talked on this and that,
There's one wide river to cross!
The ark it bumped on Ararat,
There's one wide river to cross!
8
Oh, Mrs. Noah, she got drunk,
There's one wide river to cross!
And kicked the old gentleman out of his bunk,
There's one wide river to cross!
9
Oh, Noah, he went on a spree,
There's one wide river to cross!
And banished Ham to Afrikee,
There's one wide river to cross!
10
Perhaps you think there's another verse,
There's one wide river to cross!
But there aint!

p. 3, with musical score, 6/8, Gilbert Clifford Noble, ed., 1911, "The Most Popular Plantation Songs," Hinds, Noble & Eldridge, Publi
shers, NYC.