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66. Arky, Arky

1 The Lord told Noah, there's gonna be a floody, floody.
Lord told Noah, there's gonna be a floody, floody.
Get those animals out of the muddy, muddy,
children of the Lord.

Refrain:
So rise and shine, and give God the glory, glory.
Rise and shine, and give God the glory, glory.
Rise and shine, and give God the glory, glory,
children of the Lord.

2 The Lord told Noah to build him an arky, arky.
Lord told Noah to build him an arky, arky.
Build it out of gopher barky, barky,
children of the Lord. (Refrain)

3 The animals, the animals, they came in by twosies, twosies.
Animals, the animals, they came in by twosies, twosies,
elephants and kangaroosies, roosies,
children of the Lord. (Refrain)

4 It rained and poured for forty daysies, daysies.
Rained and poured for forty daysies, daysies.
Almost drove those animals crazies, crazies,
children of the Lord. (Refrain)

5 The sun came out and dried up the landy, landy.
(Look, there's the sun!) It dried up the landy, landy.
Everything was fine and dandy, dandy,
children of the Lord. (Refrain)

Text Information
First Line: The Lord told Noah, there's gonna be a floody, floody
Title: Arky, Arky
Refrain First Line: So rise and shine, and give God the glory, glory
Language: English
Publication Date: 2006
Scripture: ; ; ;
Topic: Know: Old Testament Songs; Songs with Non-Western Roots: African-American
Source: Traditional
Tune Information
Name: [The Lord told Noah, there's gonna be a floody, floody]
Arranger: Joyce Borger
Key: C Major
Source: Traditional
Copyright: Arr. © 2006, Faith Alive Christian Resources



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