"Noah" (God Told Noah") examples & lyrics

Edited by Azizi Powell

This post showcases seven video examples of the Gospel song "Noah". The title that appears to usually be given for this song is "God Told Noah".

*Note that this isn't the same song as "Rise And Shine" (The Lord said To Noah there's gonna be a floody floody).

The content of this post is posted for religious and aesthetic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to the composers of this song and thanks to all of the vocalists and musicians who are featured in these videos. Special thanks to the online transcriber of the lyrics for this song.

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INFORMATION ABOUT THE SONG "NOAH" ("GOD TOLD NOAH")
A number of commenters in viewer comment threads of the song "Noah" ("God Told Noah") described this song as a "Gospel Quartet" song. Gospel Quartet songs can be sung by choirs and other singing formations.

According to http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-gospel-wonders-mw0000675037, the song "Noah" (most often given as "God Told Noah") was composed by Anthony Grady, Michael Grady, and Major Robinson. The Google search summary for this website http://www.last.fm/music/The+wonders/The+Gospel+Wonders indicates that the album in which that song was included (album name:" The Gospel Wonders") was first released in the early 1960s.

Any information about this song would be greatly appreciated.

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FEATURED VIDEOS
This is only a small sample of the YouTube videos of this song. I selected these examples, in part, to demonstrate some of the different interpretations of this song.

With the exception of Example #1, these examples are presented in chronological order based on their posting dates with the oldest dated examples given first.

Example #1: The Gospel Wonders - Noah



Charles Gardiner, Published on Aug 9, 2012

Here is a nice song by a group that really had this one hit but its real nice hope you enjoy it!..

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Example #2: God Told Noah(Cover)- The Gospel Wonders



TheAulegend, Uploaded on Nov 2, 2010
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Here's a comment from that video's viewer comment thread:

Desmen Moton, 2010
"yes the Gospel Wonders from California are the original artist!"

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Example #3: RTD- God Told Noah



Arthurine Grant, Uploaded on Nov 23, 2010

Rev and The Disciples in St Pete

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Example #4: Mt. Sinai MBC of Orlando, FL - Male Chorus - God Told Noah


Mt Sinai, Uploaded on Nov 28, 2010
Sunday, November 28, 2010 - - - Male Chorus sings "God Told Noah"

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Example #5: NHymn "God told Noah"



1meastro, Published on Jun 21, 2012

NHymn, God, told, Noah, Church of Christ, COC, gospel, accapella, song, Sunset Blvd, coc, in him, nhymn, Noah, choir, group singing, Sunset Boulevard Church of Christ,

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Land Boys- God Told Noah



landsquad3, Published on Jul 20, 2012

Quinton singing at Hall Street Baptist Church

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Example #7: God Told Noah - Truth Gospel Singers ( Opening For Debra Snipes & The Angels )



Truth Gospel Singers, Published on Aug 20, 2012
God Told Noah - Truth Gospel Singers ( Opening For Debra Snipes & The Angels ) Had A Great Time in the Lord ...

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LYRICS: NOAH (also known as "GOD TOLD NOAH")
(Anthony Grady, Michael Grady, and Major Robinson)

Noah
(The Gospel Wonders)
LYRICS:
Oh God told Noah
(God told Noah)
Just to build that ark
(To build that ark)
30 cubits high
(30 cubits high)
50 cubits wide
(50 cubits wide)
Oh it’s gonna rain
(it’s gonna rain)
for forty days
(forty days and forty nights)
I want it to stand
(I want it to stand)
Stand the test of time
(Stand the test of time)


(repeat 2x or more times)

Dripping and dropping
(Dripping and dropping the water kept falling)

Dripping and dropping
(Dripping and dropping the water kept falling)

Can you feel the rain drop
(Dripping and dropping the water kept falling)
Look at the rain dropping
(Dripping and dropping the water kept falling)
Dripping and dropping
(Dripping and dropping the water kept falling)
God said Come on in the ark
(Dripping and dropping the water kept falling)
Because it’s beginning to rain
(Dripping and dropping the water kept falling)
God said Come on in the ark
(Dripping and dropping the water kept falling)
Because there won’t be no more water
No more water but fire next time
No more water but fire next time
No more water but fire next time
No more water but fire next time

Fire next time, Fire next time
Won’t be no more water
It’s gonna be fire next time
Fire next time, Fire next time
No more water, fire next time
(repeat as directed)

Source http://www.allgospellyrics.com/printwin.php?id=8248 [reformatted with an additional performance instruction)
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Here's a partial transcription of the riff of this song that is found in the video given as Example #2 of this post:

God placed a rainbow in the sky
(Dripping and dropping the water kept falling)
You better be ready
(Dripping and dropping the water kept falling)
Get your house in order
(Dripping and dropping the water kept falling)
No more water but fire next time
(Dripping and dropping the water kept falling)

[Continue extemporaneous singing, and end with the line "No more water but fire next time”.]

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RELATED LINK
Text (lyrics only) examples of the 19th century African American Spiritual " can be found at http://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=57161.
"Noah's ark" is the theme for that song, but its lyrics are quite different from the song "Noah" ("God Told Noah") which is the focus of this pancocojams post. Here's an excerpt of one of the comments in that discussion thread about that song as posted by masato sakurai, Date: 24 Feb 03 - 07:04 PM

"From Lydia Parrish, Slave Songs of the Georgia Sea Islands (... University of Georgia Press, 1945, 1992, pp. 134-136; with music):

NORAH, HIST THE WINDAH

Norah, hist the windah
Norah, hist the windah
Norah, hist the windah
Hist the windah let the dove come in.

Oh God comman' Bother Norah one day
Oh hist the windah let the dove come in
An' told Brother Norah to build an ark
Hist the windah let the dove come in.
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"Norah" was the way the name "Norah" was pronounced by 19th century African Americans in certain parts of the South. "Hist" = "hoist" (raise); "windah" (window).

That African American Spiritual may have no connection with the Gospel song "Noah" ("God Told Noah"). However, I wanted to alert readers of this post with that Spiritual.

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