CAPTAIN NOAH AND HIS FLOATING ZOO ================================= The Lord Looked Down -------------------- CHORUS: The Lord looked down on the Earth and it made him sad God: It should've been good what I made, but it turned out bad CHORUS: There's nothing but sinning, wickedness and violence there God: Remind me to wash mankind right outta my hair God: I'm gonna make it CHORUS: rain and rain and rain and rain and rain God: I'm gonna make it CHORUS: rain and rain and rain and rain again God: For forty days and forty nights 'Cos I'm sorry I said let there be light CHORUS: Rain and rain and rain and rain and rain God: I'm gonna make it CHORUS: rain and rain and rain and rain and rain God: For forty days and nights of rain I'm gonna wash those sinners down the drain CHORUS: Rain and rain and rain and rain and rain God: But Noah and his family they've been good Go Noah build me an ark of gopher wood Make it forty foot long and seventy five feet wide And three decks tall with a roof and a door in the side 'cos.... I'm gonna make it CHORUS: rain and rain and rain and rain and rain God: Then I'm gonna make it CHORUS: rain and rain and rain and rain again (and rain again) God: If you want another tip then here you are Better seal it all up with a good grade tar CHORUS Rain and rain and rain and rain and rain God: When the ark is finished here is what you have to do CHORUS: (what you have to do) God: You fill it with animals - yes with animals - two by two CHORUS: (by two by two) God: For forty days and forty nights Soon there won't be another living soul in sight CHORUS: Rain and rain and rain and rain and rain God: 'cos I'm gonna make it CHORUS: rain and rain and rain and rain and rain (rain rain rain) God: Then I'm gonna make it CHORUS: rain and rain and rain and rain again rain rain rain rain God: I'm gonna make it CHORUS: rain and rain and rain and rain and rain rain rain rain and rain rain and rain and rain and rain and rain God: I'm gonna make it rain and rain and rain and rain and rain...... CHORUS: and rain and rain and rain and rain and rain and rain and rain and rain and rain.... and rain.... and rain.... and rain.... Rain! Fun City -------- NARRATOR: The people of Fun City When they couldn't sin no more Would go on down to Noah's place To laugh at poor old Noah CHORUS: "You'll never make it float", NARRATOR: they jeered CHORUS: "You're miles from any shore SOLO: So God knows what you're doing" NARRATOR: "He does indeed", said Noah CHORUS: Noah, Noah, don't do any more, look out man there's a shark TOFF: Oh, ship ahoy there sailor boy, NARRATOR: But he went on building the ark Noah went on building the ark NARRATOR: Now Shem and Ham and Japhet They were the sons of Noah He made them get all kinds of food and lay them in the store Said Mrs Noah: MRS NOAH: "Ten thousand buns What do we need them for? Enough to feed an elephant" NARRATOR: "Enough for two", said Noah CHORUS: Noah, Noah, don't do any more Your boat's a laughing stock, ha! ha! NARRATOR: But Noah went right on building the ark and his hammer went knock knock knock CHORUS: Noah's hammer went knock konck knock NARRATOR: Then Noah told his sons to do all that the Lord had planned To fetch him every kind of thing that's living on dry land SOMERSET: The ones you see down on the farm CHORUS: The ones you see in zoos NARRATOR: All insects, birds and reptiles too And line them up in twos CHORUS: Noah, Noah don't do any more All the dogs began to bark TOFF: Just hark at him, oh Jungle Jim CHORUS: But he went on building the ark Noah went on building and he went on building and he went on building the ark Animals ------- NARRATOR 1: Then Jephet, Sham and Ham fetched a ewe-sheep and a ram duck and drake and bull and cow and cock and hen. NARRATOR 2: Male and female spotted cheetas, armadillos and anteeters and mosquitos and two lions from their den NARRATOR 1: All the cats and other felines, wombats, walruses and sealions, hippopotami and spiders and gnus. NARRATOR 2: Bears and bees and golden eagles, horses, harvest mice and seagulls, apes and humming birds and worms and kangaroos. NARRATOR 1: All marsupials and mammals, NARRATOR 2: Such as wallabies and camels, NARRATOR 3: Snakes and centipedes a pair of every one. NARRATOR 1: They got stuck with one girraff CHORUS: 'till they found his better half, then from antlepoe to zebra it was done. (pa pa pa-pa pa-dum) CHORUS: Yes, every living creature that walks upon this earth or creeps upon it's belly on the land or flies up in the air just you name it it was there it was there just as the Lord had planned MEN: Yes, every living creatue that WOMEN: (da da da-da da-da) that walked upon the earth WOMEN: (da da da-da da-da) MEN: or creeps upon it's belly on the land WOMEN: (da da da-da da-da) da da da da-da da da MEN: or flies up in the air WOMEN: (da da da-da da-da) MEN: just you name it it was there WOMEN: (da da da-da da-da) MEN: it was there just as the Lord had plannned CHORUS: Noah, Noah don't do any more MEN: Said the people: CHORUS: what a lark! CHORUS: As creatues came by every name WOMEN: and he lead them into the ark CHORUS: Noah lead them into the ark the ark the ark ark WOMEN: And Mrs Shem and Mrs Ham and Mrs Japhet too WOMEN: and Mrs Noah and their husbands four they went in two by two NOAH: Is every creature there before I shut the door? God: Are you all aboard? NARRATOR: enquired the Lord. NOAH: We're all aboard, NARRATOR: said Noah. CHORUS: Noah, Noah, you can't do any more, the skies are getting dark. The Lord will bring you safe to shore when you sail away in the ark when you sail away when you sail away when you sail away in the ark (in the ark) when you sail away in the ark It Looks Like Rain ------------------ CHORUS: It looks like rain... now won't that just be jolly It looks like rain... now won't that just be good MEN: It looks like rain, I must go and get my brolly. A short sharp shower will do the flower good. CHORUS: It looks like rain... in fact it's really pouring. It looks like rain... the ground has turned to mud. It looks like rain, can you hear the river roaring? I shouldn't be surprised if it was going to flood. CHORUS: And now it's round my ankles. And now it's round my knees. And some are on the rooftops. And some are climbing trees. CHORUS: Oh God forgive me please! Oh God forgive me please! CHORUS: It looks like the sea is rising like a fountain. It looks like - help! - I'm making for the mountain. It looks like - urh! - the world's a brimming jug. SOLO: The water's 'round my shoulders and I'm glug.. glug.. glug! CHORUS: Glug. Glug. Glug, glug, glug, glug, glug, glug, glug, glug. Glug... Endless sea ----------- CHORUS: For the flood gates of heaven were opened and the springs of the deep broke through and the waters went on rising as the Lord did command them to. CHORUS: Then all things living living and breathing on the face of the earth did drown for even the peaks of the mountains were a good five fathoms down way down a good five fathoms down. SOLO: But the Lord he remembered his promise and the ark went floating free. And the whole of the world went with it as it sailed on that endless sea. CHORUS: The Lord remembered his promise and the ark went floating free. The hope of the world went with it as it sailed on the endless sea as it sailed on the endless sea.... Rain Overhead ------------- NOAH: Forty days and nights. Living under hatches. Careful with the lights . Feed the beasts in batches. And I can't hear them roar (ooo ahhh ooo ahhh) as they're waiting to be fed. For the rain's steady druming on the roof above my head. The raindrops druming overhead. CHORUS: ooo aahhh ooo ooo ooo ooo NOAH: Here inside the ark. rolling pitching turning. MAN: Everything is dark, no more oil for burning. And I just can't breath and my feet are made of lead. NOAH: And the rain's steady druming on the roof above my head. The raindrops druming overhead. NOAH: Forty days at sea, how the timbers shudder. God has promised me he will be our rudder. But I hope he won't hear when I wish that I were dead with the rain's steady druming on the roof above my head. The raindrops druming overhead. CHORUS: ooo ooo-ahhh ooo ooo-ahhh NOAH: Comes another day, different from the others. SOLO: Shem beings to say something to his brothers NOAH: But his voice stops short as there's nothing to be said. The rain isn't druming on the roof above my head. The rain's stopped druming Oh the rain's stopped druming Oh the rain's stoped druming overhead. Sailing ------- CHORUS: For the Lord closed the floodgates of heaven and the springs of the deep blue sea and he sent a west wind blowing to dry it up gradually. The waters slowly subsided over many long days and weeks. 'Till one day they were dotted with islands, the tips of the mountain peaks they were, the mighty mountain peaks. The ark went peacefully floating and the sea was calm and flat. 'Till the Lord God brought it to rest at last on the top of Mount Ararat. On top of Mount Ararat. Porthole -------- CHORUS: Father Noah please open the porthole, let's have a peep at the world outside. Though we thank the Lord who saved us Cain and Abel! What a ride! MAN: Can't believe the ark's not moving, are we on a mountain top? WOMEN: We've come down a whole lot lower, I just felt my ears go pop! CHORUS: Let's have a look through the porthole, Father! Mother first, WOMAN 1: then me! WOMAN 2: then me! MAN: Mrs Shem is so very tiny, she can't even see the sea! MAN: Father Noah sent forth a raven, flapped around and shouted "Caw"! Have another try tomorrow! Croaked the raven RAVEN: "Never more!" MAN: I can see a tiny island, is it really Ararat? MRS JAPHET: Let me lean out even further.. MAN: There goes Mrs Japhet's hat! CHORUS: Let's have a peep through the porthole Father, Mrs Ham must have a shot! MRS HAM: So you boys can see my bloomers? Thank you, no! I'd rather not! WOMEN: Father sent a dove to look out, circled round, but found no land. Then it flew right back through the porthole, settled safe on Father's hand. MAN 1: Sent the dove again a flying after waiting for a week. MAN 2: Back it came, that very same evening, an olive twig held in it's beak. CHORUS: Let's have a peep through the porthole, Father look at what the dove has found. WOMEN: Where the olive trees are showing soon there's going to be dry ground. MAN 1: One more week, then off we sent it, Waited all that day, and then MAN 2: sent another dove to join it, neither one came back again. CHORUS: Now they need no ark for shelter, There the doves will build their nest. Where the olive trees are growing Make their home and take their rest. CHORUS: Father Noah, please open the hatches, Now it must be safe to try. Gaze about us, blinking in the sunlight. All the earth around is dry, All the world around is dry... Two by Two ---------- CHORUS: Then..... CHORUS: The Lord looked down on the ark and he said to Noah GOD: Come out of the ark and start your lives once more. Come out with your wives and your sons and your daughters there. And set the animals free and the birds of the air. CHORUS: And they came out two by two by two by two by two... (ooo ahhhh) Two by two by two by two by two... (ooo ahhhh) CHORUS: The Lord said go where it suits you best and cover the earth from eat to west. By two by two by two by two by two... They came out... Two by two by two by two by two... Running down the gangplank Two by two by two by two by two... The Lord said go where it suits you best and cover the earth from east to west by two by two by two by two by two... GOD: But dog and cat and ox and ass I give for Noah to keep. MAN 1: With chicken, turkey, duck and goose and .. and .. and sheep. MAN 2: And man shall sow and till the ground and fill it with increase while spring shall follow winter round until the world shall cease. GOD: Although they do evil in my sight, I bless the sons of men. I'll never send another flood to wipe them out again. My pledge shall stand between us as a sign for all to know and when the rainclouds gather, in the sky I'll set my bow. Rainbow ------- CHORUS: Oh what a wonderful scene The rainbow overhead Violet, indigo, blue and green Yellow, orange and red. God: This is my promise to you the rainbow overhead. Violet, indigo, blue and green all the colours that lie between. Violet, indigo, blue and green yellow, orange and red. CHORUS: Oh what a wonderful scene (Oh what a wonderful scene) the rainbow overhead. Violet, indigo, blue and green, all the colours that lie between. Violet, indigo, blue and green, yellow, orange and red You'll see the rainbow in the sky, you'll known God's words are true: Go forth, increase and multiply by... two by two by two by two by two by two by two by two by two by two by two by two by two by two by two by two by SOLO: By two by two by two by two by two by two by two CHORUS: Go forth, increase and multiple By two by two by two by two by two by two by two By two by two by two by two by two by two by two by two by two by By two by two by two by two by two by two by two by two by two by By two by two by two by two by two by two by