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De Ole Ark A-Moverin' Along/Ole Ark A-Moverin' Along
Tradtional spiritual;
ARTIST: Thomas Fenner- Fifty Plantation Spirituals; Hampton Institute
SHEET MUSIC: http://docsouth.unc.edu/church/armstrong/armstrong.html
CATEGORY: Traditional and Shape-Note Gospel;
DATE: 1874
RECORDING INFO: De Winter'll Soon Be Over
Fenner, Thomas. Fifty Plantation Spirituals; Hampton Institute
OTHER NAMES: "Ole Ark A-Moverin' Along"
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SOURCES: Thomas Fenner- Fifty Plantation Spirituals; Hampton Institute
NOTES: "De Ole Ark A-Moverin' Along" or "Ole Ark A-Moverin' Along" is an African-American spiritual. It was collected and published by Thomas Fenner in "Fifty Plantation Spirituals"; Hampton Institute in 1874.
De Ole Ark A-Moverin' Along- Thomas Fenner "Fifty Plantation Spirituals"; Hampton Institute 1874.
1. Jes' wait a little while, I'm gwine to tell ye 'bout de ole ark
De Lord told Noah for to build him an ole ark,
De ole ark a-moverin', a-moverin' along,
Oh de ole ark a-moverin', a-moverin', a-moverin',
De ole ark a-moverin', a-moverin' along,
Ole ark a-moverin', a-moverin' along,
2. Den Noah an' his sons went to work upon de dry lan',
De ole ark, a-moverin', &c.,
Dey built dat ark jes' accordin' to de comman',
De ole ark a-moverin', &c.,
Noah an' his sons went to work upon de timber,
De ole ark a-moverin', &c.,
De proud began to laugh, an' de silly point de'r finger,
De ole ark a-moverin', &c.
CHO.--De ole ark a-moverin', &c.
3. When de ark was finished jes' accordin' to de plan,
De ole ark a-movering, &c.,
Massa Noah took in his family, both animal an' man,
De ole ark a-moverin, &c.,
When de rain began to fall an' de ark began to rise,
De ole ark a-moverin', &c.,
De wicked hung around' wid der groans an' de'r cries,
De ole ark a-moverin,' &c.
CHO.--Oh de ole ark a-moverin, &c.
4. Forty days an' forty nights, de rain it kep' a fallin',
De ole ark, a-moverin', &c.
De wicked clumb de trees, an' for help dey kep' a callin',
De ole ark a-moverin', &c.,
Dat awful rain, she stopped at last, de waters dey subsided,
De ole ark a-moverin', &c.,
An' dat ole ark wid all on board on Ararat she rided,
De ole ark a-moverin', &c.,
CHO.--Oh, de ole ark a-moverin, &c.
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