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Jonah And The Whale lyrics
Jonah was a man who got a word from the Lord
“Go and preach the Gospel to the sinful land?
But he got on a ship and he tried to get away
And he ran into a storm in the middle of the sea
Now the Lord, He made the waves just roll so high
The ship begin to sink and they all begin to cry
So they pulled old Jonah out of the hold
And they jumped him in the water just to lighten up the load
Now the Lord made a whale, long and wide
Lord, Lord wasn't that a fish
And he swallowed up Jonah, hair and hide
Lord, Lord wasn't that a fish,
Mmm, Lord, mmm, Lord
Now Jonah started to pray in the belly of the whale
Lord, Lord wasn't that a fish
He repented of his sins like a man in jail
Lord, Lord wasn't that a fish
Mmm, Lord, mmm, Lord
Now Jonah must of been a bad man, he must of been a sinner
Lord, Lord wasn't that a fish
Cos when the whale got him down, he didn’t like his dinner
Lord, Lord wasn't that a fish
Mmm, Lord, mmm, Lord
Well he swum around the ocean, sick as he could be
Lord, Lord wasn't that a fish
And after three days, whoops! he had to set him free
Lord, Lord wasn't that a fish, mmm
So the whale spit Jonah out onto dry land
Lord, Lord wasn't that a fish
And he went on to preaching like a righteous man
Lord, Lord wasn't that a fish
Then the people quit their sins when they heard him in the town
Lord, Lord wasn't that a fish
So when you hear the call, don’t you turn the Gospel down
Lord, Lord wasn't that a fish, hmmm?
Part of these releases
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- Track 25 on The Complete Decca Studio Master Takes 1935-1939 Disc 3
- 24 Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen
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- Track 24 on The Complete Masters 1925-1945 Disc 10
- 23 Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen
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emily 0 points
Thanks for the good songs but how can i get the lyrics to when its all then said and done.God bless you.
gareth 0 points
They didn't pull Jonah out of the "hole", they pulled him out of the HOLD (cargo space).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hold_(ship)
Otherwise, this is great - just like I remember it from the 78 my parents had when we were kids!!!
Katie 0 points
This isn't actually the Jonah and the Whale song. This is It Ain't Necessarily So. If anyone does have the lyrics to the Jonah and the Whale song that would be great!