Jonah

Jonah - Sister Rosetta Tharpe

Written by：Rosetta Tharpe

In the bible we are told

Of a prophet who was called

To a city that was steeped in awful sin

All the people in that place

Were devoid of saving grace

And the prophet wased afraid to enter in

Oh some people don't believe

That a whale could him receive

But that does not make my song at all untrue

There are whales on every side

With their big mouths open wide

Just take care my friend or one will swallow you

Then this prophet

Forth was sent

That old nineveh

Might repent

But instead of that

To tarshish he set sail

Oh the winds began to blow

Overboard did Jonah go

And he found a Mercy seat

Inside the whale

In the cold and briny deep

Tears of grief did Jonah weep

And the big fish

Threw him out upon the shore

Then he gladly gladly went his way

Yeah

Preached to nineveh nineveh night and day

And he did not care to backslide any more

Oh some people don't believe

That a whale could him receive

But that does not make my song at all untrue

There are whales

Whales on every side

Yeah

With their big mouths open wide

Just take care my friend or one will swallow you