NOAH BUILT THE ARK

(collected from Josephine Douglas, via Jeff Warner)

	I'm sittin' by the river on the levee,
	Waiting 'til the steamboat come down,
	Them cotton bales are rolling mighty heavy,
	Miles and miles around.
	I thought I heard the steamboat when she landed,
	Landed on the levee below,
	I'm sittin' by the river on the levee,
	Waiting 'til the steamboat come down.

Noah, Noah, what a foolish man,
Built the ark on the sandy land.

    I said, who built the ark?
	Brother Noah, Noah!
    Who built the ark?
	Brother Noah, Noah!
	Brother Noah built the ark!

	I'm sitting by the river ...

Matthew stood by the Red Sea shore,
Smotin' at the water with a two-by-four.

    I said, who built the ark? ...
    
	I'm sitting by the river ...

Matthew, Martha, Luke and John,
All them sinners is a-dead and gone.

    I said, who built the ark? ...
    
	I'm sitting by the river ...

Matthew, Martha sitting in the shade,
Thinking about the money that I ain't made.

    I said, who built the ark? ...
    
	I'm sitting by the river ...

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