Hanukkah, Bali, and Climate Crisis: Because the Earth is Holy

God Said to Noah: An Old/ New Song to Avert a New Flood

By Rabbi Arthur Waskow | 11/8/2007

• Noah

• Global Scorching

GOD SAID TO NOAH*

Melody and some words, traditional; remainder by Rabbi Arthur Waskow *

* Copyright (c) 2007 by Rabbi Arthur Waskow. All rights reserved.

God said to Noah, The earth’s getting hotter, hotter,
God said to Noah, The earth’s getting hotter, hotter,
Yet she is My (clap) beloved daughter, daughter –
Children of the Lord.

CHORUS: Rise and shine and give God the glory glory
Rise and shine and give God the glory glory
Rise and shine and (clap!) give God the glory glory
Children of the Lord!

People are making My air too smoky, smoky
People are making My air too smoky, smoky
Fix it now! (clap) and don’t be pokey, pokey —
Children of the Lord.

CHORUS

If you won’t cool down each auto and furnace, furnace,
If you won’t cool down each auto and furnace, furnace,
They will keep right on (clap) to burn us, burn us
Children of the Lord.

CHORUS

The ice it will melt so there’s gonna be a floody floody
Yes! — God said to Noah there’s gonna be a floody floody
Get My children (clap!) out of the muddy muddy
Children of the Lord

So Noah begged help, quick from Mama Naamah
So Noah begged help, quick from Mama Naamah
“Can you get (clap) these engines calmah calmah?”
Children of the Lord.

So Naamah rose up to call out a warning, warning
So Naamah rose up to call out a warning, warning
But most folks shrugged: (clap) “No sign of storming, storming!”
Children of the Lord.

So Noah, he built them, he built them an arky arky
Noah, he built them, he built them an arky arky
Built it out of (clap!) hickory barky barky
Children of the Lord

The animals, they came in, came in by twosie twosies
The animals, they came in, came in by twosie twosies
Elephants and (clap!) kangaroozie roozies
Children of the Lord

It rained and poured for forty dazy dazy
Rained and poured for forty dazy dazy
Drove those (clap!) animals nearly crazy crazy
Children of the Lord

Naamah soothed them and fed them some milky milky
Smoothed them and soothed them and fed them some milky milky,
Till their grunts (clap!) and whines grew silky silky,
Children of the Lord.

The sun came out and dried up the landy landy
Sun came out and dried up the landy landy
Everything was (clap!) fine and dandy dandy
Children of the Lord

So Noah he sent out, sent out a dovey dovey –
Noah he sent out, sent out a dovey dovey –
Brought him an olive branch (clap) to show her lovey-lovey,
Children of the Lord.

Then God sent a rainbow made of colors seven,
God sent a rainbow made of colors seven,
Peace on earth (clap) as in the highest heaven!
Children of the Lord.

CHORUS

* Copyright (c) 2007 by Rabbi Arthur Waskow. All rights reserved.

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