This is the second stab at this song (sung to 'While Shepherds Watched'). The first can be found here. The credit for this reworking goes to Jane! I love what she has done getting the 2nd and 4th lines to (mostly!!) rhyme. We will trial it at Pech tomorrow!
While Jonah slept and snored away
as if on solid ground
the captain on the stormy sea
awoke him with a frown
‘We fear’, he said. ‘that all on board
are doomed to die today.
Get up, you are our final hope;
Please to your God now pray’
‘Our gods have all ignored our cries
and left us to the seas;
Perhaps you may have better luck
and yours will hear our pleas.’
They threw the cargo overboard -
The luggage, pans and pots -
To find the man they all could blame
the sailors threw the lots
It fell to Jonah, who then spoke,
‘It’s true I cannot lie,
I fear the LORD of heaven and earth
Of land and sea and sky’
The sailors trembled, for they saw:
the God from whom he fled,
was their Creator and His wrath
could leave them all for dead!
1 comment:
2 adjustments?
3rd verse; lines 1 & 2
'Our gods have long ignored our cries; and left us all at sea;
5th Verse; line 1
'It fell on Jonah, who then spoke'
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