"Rise and Shine"
(Traditional American Tune)

"For behold, I will bring a flood of waters upon the earth..." Genesis 6:17


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CHORAL INTRODUCTION (children and adult choruses)

Children (spoken words)
Pitter, patter, pitter, patter.

Basses
Rain or shine,

Sopranos, Altos, Tenors
Give god the glory, glory,

Basses
Rise and shine,

Sopranos, Altos, Tenors
Give god the glory, glory,

All
Children of the Lord!

Children (spoken words)
Pitter, patter, pitter, patter.

VERSE 1 (Children)

The Lord told Noah,
There's gonna be a floody, floody,
The Lord told Noah,
There's gonna be a floody, floody,
Get those animals,
Out of the muddy, muddy,
Children of the Lord.

VERSE 2 (Children & Adults)


Adults
Noah, he built him,
He built him an ,

Children
Arky, arky,

Adults
Noah, he built him,
He built him an ,

Children
Arky, arky,

Adults
Built it out of (clap),
Birchy barky, barky,

All
Children of the Lord.

VERSE 3 (Children and Adults)


Children
The animals they came on by,

Adults
Twosy, twosy,

Children
The animals they came on by,

Adults
Twosy, twosy,

Children
Elephants and kangaroosy, roosy,

All
Children of the Lord.

VERSE 3 (Adults, slowly and in a minor key.)


It rained, and rained,
For forty daysy, daysy,
It rained, and rained,
For forty daysy, daysy,
Nearly drove those animals
Crazy, crazy,

All
Children of the Lord.

VERSE 4 (Children and Adults, in a major key.)


Children
The sun came out and,
Dried off the landy, landy, The sun came out and,
Dried off the landy, landy,

Adults
Heavenly sunlight, heavenly sunlight,
Flooding my soul with glory divine.

Children
Every thing was fine and dandy, dandy,

All
Children of the Lord.

VERSE 5 (Children and Adults)

This is the end of,
Our story, story,
This is the end of,
Our story, story,
Everything is (clap),
Hunky dory, dory,
Children of the Lord.

ENDING (Children and Adults, spoken)

Now Noah said to rise and shine,
We're children of the Lord!






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