recorded by Swan Arcade on "Voices. Traditional English Songs" (1991)
NOAH'S ARK SHANTY
In Frisco Bay there were three ships To me way, hay, hay-oh In Frisco Bay there were three ships A long time ago
And one of them was Noah's old ark All covered all o'er wi' hickory bark
They took two animals of every kind (2x)
The bull and the cow they started for t' row (2x)
Then said old Noah with a flick of his whip "Come stop this row or I'll scuttle the ship"
But the bull struck his arm through the side of the ark And the little black dog he started fer t' bark
So Noah took the dog, shoved his nose up the hole And ever since then dogs' nose has been cold.
It's a long long time and a very long time A long long time and a very long time
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