- Rise and Shine
- (source: "Wee Sing Around the Campfire; The Funny Songbook"
by Esther Nelson. Also found in "The Spirit of Singing" by Mardi
Tindal & Kate Middleton ISBN 0-929032-85-3; also "Songs For
Tomorrow", Girl Guides Association, 1984.)
(note: this song is especially good for waking up children
in the morning at camp. Not that I've ever done that to MY campers, mind
you...)
- 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.
The Lord said to Noah, "There's gonna be a floody, floody."
- The Lord said to Noah, "There's gonna be a floody,
floody."
- Get your children out of the muddy muddy."
- Children of the Lord.
So Noah, he built him, he built him an arky arky.
- So Noah, he built him, he built him an arky arky,
- Built it out of hickory barky barky.
- Children of the Lord.
The animals they came in, they came in by twosies twosies,
- The animals they came in, they came in by twosies twosies,
- Elephants and kangaroosy roosies.
- Children of the Lord.
Creatures, they came in three by threesy, threesy
- Creatures, they came in three by threesy, threesy
- Bugs and bears and bumblebeesy, beesy
- Children of the Lord
Creatures, they came in four by foursy, foursy
- Creatures, they came in four by foursy, foursy
- Noah called out "Close the doorsy, doorsy"
- Children of the Lord
It rained and poured for forty daysies daysies
- It rained and poured for forty daysies daysies
- Almost drove those animals crazy crazy
- Children of the Lord.
The sun came out and dried up the landy landy
- The sun came out and dried up the landy landy
- Everything was fine and dandy dandy
- Children of the Lord.
Now Noah sent dove to take a peeky, peeky
- Noah sent dove to take a peeky, peeky
- He came back with a twig in her beaky, beaky
- Children of the Lord.
Creatures, they left, they left in threesies threesies,
- Creatures, they left, they left in threesies threesies,
- Must have been those birds and beesies beesies,
- Children of the Lord.
This is the end, the end of my story, story
- This is the end, the end of my story, story
- So rise and shine and give God the glory, glory
- Children of the Lord!
Alternative ending:
- This is the end of, the end of, the end of the story
story
- This is the end of, the end of, the end of the story
story
- Everything is hunky dorey dorey
- Children of the Lord.
Second alternate ending:
- HA HA we fooled you, you thought it was over over
- HA HA we fooled you, you thought it was over over
- Now were gonna start all over over
- Children of the Lord.