One Wide River To Cross (1968)

[Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] d [Music] one Wide River to cross that tune is an old folk song and the words come from a very old story in the Bible and they are about Noah and this book is also about Noah and how he built an ark old Noah built himself an ark he built it out of Hickory bark the animals came in one by one and and japet played the big bass drum the animals came in two by two the alligator lost his shoe the animals came in 3 by three the ostrich and the chick the animals came in four by four the hippopotamus blocked the door the animals came in fire 5 by five the Yak in slippers did arrive the animals came in 6 by six the elephants were doing tricks the animals came in seven by seven a drop of rain Dropped Out of Heaven the animal came in 8 by8 some came in by roller skape the animals came in 9 by n the cats and kittens kept kept in line the animals came in 10 by 10 let's go back and start again one rde River and that wide river is Geor One River there's one Wide River to cross it rained and rained and rained till the high hills and all the mountains were covered the waters receded and the Ark came to rest on the mountains of arat to show that he would never again send such a flood God set a rainbow in the [Music] sky e [Music]