The History Of The Children's Song "The Lord Said To Noah" (also given as "Rise And Shine" & other titles)

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**** Edited by Azizi Powell This pancocojams post showcases a YouTube video of the children's religious song/camp song "The Lord Said To Noah" (also given as "Rise And Shine", "The Arky" and other titles). This post also presents information about the history of that song. The Addendum to this post showcases a YouTube video of the African American Spiritual "We Are Climbing Jacob's Ladder" which is an early source for the children's song "The Lord Said To Noah" (also given as "Rise And Shine" and other titles).

The content of this post is presented for historical, folkloric, and cultural purposes. All copyrights remain with their owners. Thanks to the unknown composers of "We Are Climbing Jacob's Ladder" and "The Lord Said To Noah" ("Rise And Shine"). Thanks to Joe Offer. Mudcat Folk Music Forum and thanks to all others who are quoted in this post. Thanks also to all those who are associated with these YouTube examples and the publishers of those examples on YouTube. ****

INFORMATION ABOUT "THE LORD SAID TO NOAH" ("RISE AND SHINE")

EXCERPT #1 From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rise_and_Shine_(children%27s_song) 
"Rise and Shine (And Give God Your Glory, Glory) also known as The Arky, Arky Song (Children of the Lord) is a humorous children's camp song about Noah's Ark.

History

The song lyrics and tune are loosely adapted from the earlier African American Spiritual song,[1] "We Are Climbing Jacob's Ladder," which was written prior to 1825.[2] Later versions of "We Are Climbing Jacob's Ladder" include the refrain "Rise and Shine and Give God the Glory, Glory."[3] The lyric is likely derived from a similar verse in the Book of Isaiah 60:1 which states: "Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee" in reference to Zion[4]

According to some sources, such as Religious Folk Songs of the Hampton Institute, the earliest version of the children's song date to at least 1874, but the 1874 version does not include the Noah lyrics, which appear to have been added in the twentieth century.[5] Today the children's version of the song is commonly sung at various Sunday schools, scout camps and camps for Christian and Jewish children.[6] Notable folk artists such as Pete Seeger have covered the song.[7]"...
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EXCERPT #2
From: https://mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=161280
Subject: DT Study: Rise and Shine (Give God Your.
From Joe Offer
Date: 08 Jan 17 - 02:32 AM

"Here are the Digital Tradition lyrics for this song. It's more-or-less what I learned from my sister when she was a Girl Scout camp counselor (we didn't sing such songs in boys' camps.) Any corrections?

RISE AND SHINE

The Lord said to Noah,
There's gonna be a floody, floody
Lord said to Noah,
There's gonna be a floody floody.
Get my children out of the muddy muddy
Children of the Lord.

cho: So rise and shine and give God the glory glory
Rise and shine and give God the glory glory
Rise and shine and give God the glory glory
Children of the Lord.

So Noah, he built him,
He built him an arky arky, (2x)
Built it out of hick'ry barky barky,
Children of the Lord.

The animals, they came in,
They came in by twosies twosies (2x)
Elephants and kangaroosies 'roosies,
Children of the Lord.

It rained and rained for
Forty daysies daysies (2x)
Drove those animals nearly crazy crazy
Children of the Lord.

The sun came out,
And dried up the landy landy (2x)
Everything was fine and dandy dandy
Children of the Lord.

The animals they went out
Went out by threesies threesies (2x)
Must have learned 'bout the birds and beesies beesies
Children of the Lord.

This is the end of
The end of my story story (2x)
Everything is hunky-dory dory
Children of the Lord.

Note: a jazzed-up version of the older, slower spiritual "Jacob's
Ladder" RG
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Here's the Traditional Ballad Index entry on this song:

Rise and Shine

DESCRIPTION: "God said to Noah, there's gonna be a floody, floody.... (So) Rise and shine and give God the glory, glory... Children of the Lord." Noah builds the ark; the animals arrive, including elephants and kangaroos; it rains; it dries up

AUTHOR: unknown

EARLIEST DATE: 1874 (Dett)

KEYWORDS: religious flood humorous

FOUND IN: US(SE)

REFERENCES (3 citations):

Dett, pp. 198-199, "Rise an' Shine" (1 text, 1 tune; pp. 212-213 in the 1874 edition)

Silber-FSWB, p. 388, "Rise And Shine" (1 text)

DT, RISESHIN

Roud #11968

**** Subject: ADD: Rise and Shine (Spiritual)
From: Joe Offer
Date: 08 Jan 17 - 02:59 AM

"The Traditional Ballad Index makes reference to Dett - that's Religious Folk-Songs of the Negro as Sung at Hampton Institute, by R. Nathaniel Dett. The book is available at archive.org * 

Here's my transcription of "Rise and Shine" from Dett, 1909 edition:

RISE AND SHINE

CHORUS
Oh, rise and shine, an' give God de glory, glory
Rise and shine, an' give God de glory, glory
Rise and shine, an' give God de glory, glory
For de year of Juberlee.

Jesus carry de young lambs in his bosom, bosom
Carry de young lambs in his bosom, bosom
Carry de young lambs in his bosom, bosom
For de year ob Juberlee

Jesus lead de ole sheep by still waters, waters
Lead de ole sheep by still waters, waters
Lead de ole sheep by still waters, waters
For de year ob Juberlee
CHORUS

Oh, come on, mourners, get you ready, ready
Come on, mourners, get you ready, ready
Come on, mourners, get you ready, ready
For de year ob Juberlee

You may keep your lamps trimmed and burning, burning
Keep your lamps trimmed and burning, burning
Keep your lamps trimmed and burning, burning
For de year ob Juberlee
CHORUS

Oh, come on, children, don't be weary, weary
Come on, children, don't be weary, weary
Come on, children, don't be weary, weary
For de year ob Juberlee

Oh, don't you hear them bells a-ringin', ringin'
Don't you hear them bells a-ringin', ringin'
Don't you hear them bells a-ringin', ringin'
For de year ob Juberlee
CHORUS

Similar melody, too. So, it has traditional roots, but must we pay royalties for the arky, arky? Well, if it's Universal, at least it's easy to license. I learned the song in the early 1960s.
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*Pancocojams Editor's Note 9/21/2022- That old link leads to this hyperlink:
 https://archive.org/details/religiousfolkson00fenn

"Religious folk songs of the Negro as sung on the plantations

by Fenner, Thomas P; Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute (Va.)

Publication date 1909

Topics Spirituals (Songs), Folk music, Hymns, English, African Americans

Publisher Hampton, Va. : Institute Press

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Digitizing sponsor University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Contributor University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Language English"...

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Subject: ADD Version: Rise and Shine
From Joe Offer
Date: 08 Jan 17 - 04:05 AM

"RISE AND SHINE

CHORUS
Rise and shine and give God the glory glory
Rise and shine and give God the glory glory
Rise and shine and give God the glory glory
Children of the Lord.

God said to Noah, there's gonna be a floody, floody
God said to Noah, there's gonna be a floody, floody
Get your children out of the muddy muddy
Children of the Lord.

God said to Noah, to build him an arky arky,(2x)
Build it out of hickory barky barky,
Children of the Lord.

The animals, they came in by twosy twosy (2x)
Elephants and kangaroosy 'roosy,
Children of the Lord.

It rained and rained for forty daysy daysy, (2x)
Drove those counselors nearly crazy crazy
Children of the Lord.


Source: Folksinger's Wordbook, compiled and edited by Fred & Irwin Silber (New York: Oak Publications, 1973) p. 388"

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Subject: RE: DT Study: Rise and Shine (Give God Your Glory)
From: GUEST, Guest
Date: 02 Jun 19 - 04:14 PM

"My great grandmother remembered the preacher singing the Noah's arky song and dancing across the stage when she was about 8...so that would have been 1902 or so. So they've been around awhile anyway."
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As is the case with most Mudcat discussion threads, this discussion thread on "Rise And Shine (Give God Your Clory" is still open for comments from members or guests.

Btw, I believe the "correct" words are "Rise And Shine and give God the Glory."

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ADDENDUM: 

We Are Climbing Jacob’s Ladder - Emotional Song of the Civil War era

History Boy, Feb. 7, 2018
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Did Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Mean To Sing Part Of "The Lord Says To Noah" Children's Song?

Oct 17, 2013 

Sing along with Cedarmont Kids

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The Lord told Noah There's gonna be a floody, floody Lord told Noah There's gonna be a floody, floody Get those children out of the muddy, muddy, children of the Lord The Lord told Noah to build him an arky, arky Lord told Noah to build him an arky, arky Build it out of gopher barky, barky, children of the Lord. The animals, they came, they came in by twosies twosies The animals, they came, they came in by twosies, twosies Elephants and kangaroosies, roosies, children of the Lord It rained and poured for forty daysies, daysies It rained and poured for forty daysies, daysies Almost drove those animals crazies, crazies, children of the Lord The sun came out, and dried up the landy, landy The sun came out, and dried up the landy, landy Look! There's the sun, it dried up the landy, landy Everything was fine and dandy, dandy, children of the Lord So, rise and shine, and give God the glory, glory Rise and shine, and give God the glory, glory Rise and shine, and give God the glory, glory Children of the Lord

Music video by Cedarmont Kids performing Rise and Shine (Arky, Arky). (C) 1995 Cedarmont Kids.

**** Edited by Azizi Powell This pancocojams post was prompted by a comment about "onesies and twosies" that Florida Government Ron DeSantis made during a Sept. 20, 2022 press conference. The press conference was about why Florida governor De Santis paid to fly Venezuelan asylum seekers who were legally in Texas to Florida and then to Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts rather than transport immigrants in Florida to Massachusets. (Read an article excerpt about that press conference below.) This post showcases two YouTube examples of the children's religious song "The Lord Said To Noah" (also given as "Rise And Shine" and other titles.) information about that song is included in this post along with several versions of its lyrics. i The content of this post is presented for socio-cultural and political purposes. Thanks to all those who are associated with these YouTube examples and thanks to all those who are quoted in this post. **** ARTICLE EXCERPT From https://www.huffpost.com/entry/desantis-admits-mass-migration-not-really-a-big-problem-in-florida-now_n_632a13c5e4b07198f013696c

DeSantis Admits Mass Migration Not Really A Big Problem In Florida Right Now

Yet he's chosen to join GOP border state governors in dumping people in cities run by Democrats, an idea Senate leader Mitch McConnell called a "good" one.

By Sara Boboltz, Sep 20, 2022

 "Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) offered a bit more insight Tuesday into why he is spending hundreds of thousands in state taxpayer funds chartering private flights to transport migrants to states that lie hundreds of miles away.

Lately the Republican governors of Texas and Arizona have been deploying a strategy to raise awareness of the surge in people crossing the southern U.S. border by busing them to cities run by their political rivals. Last week, DeSantis joined in, claiming credit for two flights from San Antonio to the tony Massachusetts island of Martha’s Vineyard.

Among the many legal and ethical questions DeSantis raised with his stunt was a simple logistical one: Why didn’t he start with migrants in his own state?

“The problem is, we’re not seeing mass movements of them into Florida, so you end up with a car with maybe two,” DeSantis told reporters at a news conference.

“It’s just coming in onesie, twosies,” he said.”…

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ANOTHER LYRIC VERSION OF "THE LORD SAID TO NOAH"

Lord said to Noah, “There’s gonna be a floody, floody.”
Lord said to Noah, “There’s gonna be a floody, floody.”
“Get your children out of the muddy, muddy.”
Children of the Lord.

So, Noah, he built them, he built them an arky, arky.
So, Noah, he built them, he built them an arky, arky.
Made it out of hickory barky, barky.
Children of the Lord.

The animals, they came in, they came in by twosies, twosies.
The animals, they came in, they came in by twosies, twosies.
Elephants and kangaroosies, roosies
Children of the Lord.

It rained, it rained for forty daysies, daysies.
It rained, it rained for forty daysies, daysies.
Almost drove those animals crazy, crazy.
Children of the Lord.

The sun, it came out, and dried up the landy, landy.
The sun, it came out, and dried up the landy, landy.
Everything was fine and dandy, dandy.
Children of the Lord.

The animals, they came off, they came off by threesies, threesies.
The animals, they came off, they came off by threesies, threesies
Elephants and chimpanzeesies, zeesies.
Children of the Lord.

So Rise, Shine, give God the glory, glory.
So Rise, Shine, give God the glory, glory.
Rise and Shine and give God the glory, glory.
Children of the Lord.
-https://www.wlcamp.org/tradition/songs/56-lord-said-to-noah.html

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THE HISTORY OF THIS SONG
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rise_and_Shine_(children%27s_song)
"Rise and Shine (And Give God Your Glory, Glory) also known as The Arky, Arky Song (Children of the Lord) is a humorous children's camp song about Noah's Ark.

 History

The song lyrics and tune are loosely adapted from the earlier African American Spiritual song,[1] "We Are Climbing Jacob's Ladder," which was written prior to 1825.[2] Later versions of "We Are Climbing Jacob's Ladder" include the refrain "Rise and Shine and Give God the Glory, Glory."[3] The lyric is likely derived from a similar verse in the Book of Isaiah 60:1 which states: "Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee" in reference to Zion[4]

According to some sources, such as Religious Folk Songs of the Hampton Institute, the earliest version of the children's song date to at least 1874, but the 1874 version does not include the Noah lyrics, which appear to have been added in the twentieth century.[5] Today the children's version of the song is commonly sung at various Sunday schools, scout camps and camps for Christian and Jewish children.[6] Notable folk artists such as Pete Seeger have covered the song.[7]"...
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The composers of versions of this song that have lyrics such as "The Lord said to Noah there's gonna be a floody floody" aren't known. Nor is it known exactly when those versions were composed.  
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Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2022/09/the-history-of-childrens-song-lord-said.html for the pancocojams post entitled "The History Of The Children's Song "The Lord Said To Noah" (also given as "Rise And Shine" & other titles)".

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SHOWCASE YOUTUBE EXAMPLE #2: [I Simpson] The Flanders Family - God Said to Noah (Sub Ita)

The Simpsons OST - Sub Ita, Mar 16, 2019 

 Homer the Heretic, Homer l'Eretico
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Click https://simpsons.fandom.com/wiki/Flanders_family#Relationship_with_the_Simpsons for information about the Flanders. Here's an excerpt of that article:
"The Flanders live next door to the Simpsons, and these two families could not be more different. The Flanders are well-kept, pious individuals. Constantly being harassed by the Simpsons, they have surprisingly gone through"... 
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Here's some information about "The Lord Said To Noah" song in The Simpsons animated television series:
From https://simpsons.fandom.com/wiki/Rise_and_Shine_(Arky,_Arky)
"Songs, Season 4 songs, Season 13 songs, and 5 more

Rise and Shine (Arky, Arky)

God Said to Noah is a song sung by The Flanders Family in "Homer the Heretic", just by Ned in "I Am Furious (Yellow)" and Flanders and his kids in "Brawl in the Family".

Lyrics (Homer the Heretic)

God said to Noah, there's gonna be a floody-floody.
Rain came down, it started to get muddy, muddy.
Get those animals, out of the arky-arky.

Lyrics (I Am Furious (Yellow)

God said to Noah, "Build your self an arky-arky."

Animals came on by onesies and twosies-twosies.
Elephants and kangaroosies-roosies."
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