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Old Noah/Brother Noah/Brother Norah
Traditional Gospel song;
ARTIST: As learned from singing of Dave Van Ronk: Prestige album Dave Van Ronk, Folksinger
SHEET MUSIC: http://sniff.numachi.com/pages/tiBRONOAH;ttBRONOAH.html
CATEGORY: Traditional And Shape-Note Gospel;
DATE: Probably 1800s; My Pious Friends and Drunken Companions by Frank Shay; Macaulay & Co, 1927
RECORDING INFO: Brother Noah
Shay, Frank (ed.) / My Pious Friends and Drunken Companions and More ..., Dover, Sof (1961/1927), p 10
The Shadows – Brother Noah – Brother Noah appears on the album Trojan Roots Box Set (disc 1).
Angola Quartet "Brother Norah" Angola Prison Spirituals, Arhoolie 9036, CD (2003), trk# 4 [1958ca]
OTHER NAMES: "Brother Noah" "Brother Norah" "Old Noah"
RELATED TO:
SOURCES: Folk Index; Mudcat,
My Pious Friends and Drunken Companions by Frank Shay; Macaulay & Co, 1927;
The Songs My Mother Never Taught Me, by John Jacob Niles et al. (N.Y.: Macauley, 1929),
NOTES: This version of "Brother Noah", a traditional gospel song, is from the singing of Dave Van Ronk on Prestige album "Dave Van Ronk, Folksinger."
Somewhere in the Gordon collection in the Library of Congress, Robert Gordon laments the fact that he'd heard the song at Harvard (I think) around 1917, thought it was hilarious, and forgot to write it down! A decade later, all he had was a vague recollection. Note implied moral for folklore enthusiasts.
A version appears [See version 1] in My Pious Friends and Drunken Companions by Frank Shay; Macaulay & Co, 1927;
A version similar to Dave Von Ronks was posted on the Mudcat discussion forum:
BROTHER NOAH
Brother Noah, Brother Noah,
May I come into the ark of the Lord.
For it's growing very dark and it's raining very hard.
Hallelue. Hallelue.
Hallelue-eu-eu-eu-ya.
No you can't sir. No you can't sir.
You can't come into the ark of the Lord.
For you have committed sin, so you ain't a-coming in.
Hallelue. Hallelue.
Hallelue-eu-eu-eu-ya.
Very well sir, Very well sir.
You can go to the devil with your darned old scow.
'Cos it ain't going to rain very hard, no how.
Hallelue. Hallelue.
Hallelue-eu-eu-eu-ya.
That's a lie sir. That's a lie sir.
You can darn soon tell that it ain't no sell
For it's sprinkling now, but it's going to rain like hell
Hallelue. Hallelue.
Hallelue-eu-eu-eu-ya.
BROTHER NOAH- As learned from singing of Dave Van Ronk:
Prestige album Dave Van Ronk, Folksinger
Oh, Mr. Noah;
Oh, Mr. Noah:
May I take a ride
In the Ark of the Lord
'Cause it's gettin mighty dark
Gonna rain mighty hard.
Doodly Do
Doodly Do
Doodly doodly doodly
Doodly doodly do.
Oh, no, you can't, sir
Oh, no, you can't, sir
You may not ride
In the Ark of the Lord
'Tho it's gettin mighty dark
Gonna rain mighty hard.
Doodly Do
Doodly Do
Doodly doodly doodly
Doodly doodly do.
Well, go to the devil, sir
Well, go to the devil, sir
You can go to the devil
In your durned old scow,
'Cause you know darn well
It won't rain anyhow
Doodly Do
Doodly Do
Doodly doodly doodly
Doodly doodly do.
Well, listen, young feller.
Well, listen, young feller.
That's the bluff of your life,
'Cause you know darn well,
It's sprinklin' now;
Gonna rain like Hell.
Doodly Do
Doodly Do
Doodly doodly doodly
Doodly doodly do.
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