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Brother Noah/Brother Norah/Old Noah/Noah
Traditional Gospel song;
ARTIST: from Angola Quartet
1940's Jubilaires- Black Gospel & Pop Vocal Quartet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CLFwW85O20&feature=related
MP3: http://abmp3.com/download/5888755-brother-norah.html
CATEGORY: Traditional And Shape-Note Gospel;
DATE: Probably 1800s;
RECORDING INFO: Brother Noah
The Shadows – Brother Noah – Brother Noah appears on the album Trojan Roots Box Set (disc 1).
Jubilaires
Angola Quartet "Brother Norah" Angola Prison Spirituals, Arhoolie 9036, CD (2003), trk# 4 [1958ca]
Gospel Giants Brother Noah Savoy 1961
OTHER NAMES: "Brother Noah" "Noah"
RELATED TO: "Brother Noah"
SOURCES: Folk Index; Mudcat,
NOTES: "Brother Norah" is a traditional spiritual song by the Angola Quartet in 1958. It's different than the other "Brother Noah" songs in this collection and probably based on Jubilaires "Noah" [link above] or another 1940s version. To hear a similar version only with Jonah as the topic listen to Norfolk Jubilee Singers "Jonah in the Belly of the Whale" on Decca (1938).
The Gospel Giants "Brother Noah" on Savoy from 1961 has a similar opening CHORUS and a vamp with a "Brother Noah' response line.
BROTHER NORAH- Angola Quartet
http://abmp3.com/download/5888755-brother-norah.html
CHORUS: Well Oh...a..Norah,
Oh...a..Norah,
Hmmm, a Norah,
*God's gonna go on to a-rainin' tonight
Yes, God's gonna go on to a-rainin' tonight, (God's gonna go on to a-rainin' tonight)
Brother Norah, (God's gonna go on to a-rainin' tonight)
Oh Norah, (God's gonna go on to a-rainin' tonight)
Don't you hear, (God's gonna go on to a-rainin' tonight)
My God Talkin', (God's gonna go on to a-rainin' tonight)
Let it ride, (God's gonna go on to a-rainin' tonight)
Go to rainin' tonight (God's gonna go on to a-rainin' tonight)
VERSE: So stop, still, listen to me
God's done walking across the sea (Brother Norah)
He handle the people that was sent from there (Brother Norah)
Sent from Jordan to that lair (Brother Norah)
Spoke to Norah (Brother Norah)
Norah stop (Brother Norah)
He said, "Listen here Norah
Build an ark (Brother Norah)
I want you to build it big and strong (Brother Norah)
About thirty-three hundred cubits long (Brother Norah)
About thirty high (Brother Norah)
Fifty wide (Brother Norah)
So it can stand a-rainin' tonight (Brother Norah)
CHORUS:
(etc; verses include:)
VERSE: Workin' on the buildin (Brother Norah)
Praise de God (Brother Norah)
Call on the animals two by two (Brother Norah)
Ox and camel, kangaroo (Brother Norah)
Knocked that sun (Brother Norah)
Outer the sky (Brother Norah)
*God's gonna ride on a-rainin' tonight (seems like the correct words)
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