He called for the animals They came in by twosies twosies He called for the animals They came in by twosies twosies Elephants and kangaroosies roosies Children of the Lord
It rained and rained For forty daysies daysies It rained and rained For forty daysies daysies Nearly drove those animals crazy crazies Children of the Lord
Then Noah he sent out He sent out a dovey dovey Noah he sent out He sent out a dovey dovey Sent him to the heavens abovey, abovey Children of the Lord
The sun came out And it dried up the landy landy The sun came out And it dried up the landy landy Everything was fine and dandy dandy Children of the Lord
The animals they came off They came off by threesies threesies Animals they came off They came off by threesies threesies Grizzly bears and chimpanzeesies zeesies Children of the Lord
That is the end of The end of my story, story That is the end of The end of my story, story Everything is hunky dory, dory Children of the Lord
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
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Thanks to Cheryl for her corrections, taken from the TUNE Book, Johann Anderson, published by Songs and Creations, 1988
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