The Lord is good to me
And so I thank the Lord
For giving me the things I need
The sun, the rain and the apple seed
The Lord is good to me
Jump down turn around, pick a bale of cotton
Jump down turn around, pick a bale a day
Oh lordy, pick a bale of cotton
Oh lordy, pick a bale a day
Oh lordy, pick a bale of cotton
Oh lordy, pick a bale a day
Pick a pick a pick a pick a
Pick a bale of cotton
Pick a pick a pick a pick a
Pick a bale a day
Up in the air, Junior Birdmen; up in the air, upside down
Up in the air, Junior Birdmen; with your noses to the ground
And when you hear the grand announcement: that your wings are
made of tin
Then you know, Junior Birdmen, have sent their box tops in
For it takes: 5 box tops, 4 bottle bottoms, 3 wrappers, 2 coupons, and one thin dime!
Just a boy and a girl in a little canoe with the moon shining
all around.
He plied his paddle so, you couldn't even hear a sound.
Oh they talked and they talked 'til the moon grew dim,
He said "You better kiss me or get out and swim"
So what you gonna do in a little canoe with the moon shining all
around.
Just a boy and a girl in a little canoe with the moon shining
all around.
He plied his paddle so, you couldn't even hear a sound.
Oh they talked and they talked 'til the moon grew dim,
He said "You better kiss me or get out and swim"
So what you gonna do in a little canoe with the moon shining all
around, girl swimming all around.
The keeper would a-hunting go
And under his cloak he'd carry a bow
All for the shoot of a merry little doe
Among the leaves so green-o
CHORUS:
B(oys): Jackie boy?
G(irls): Master
B: Sing you well?
G: Very well
T(ogether):
Hey down Ho down Derry derry down
Among the leaves so green-o
The first does she did cross the brook
The keeper brought her back with his hook
Where she is now you may go and look
Among the leaves so green-o
Jackie boy ...
The second doe she did cross the plain
The keeper brought her back again
Where she is now she may remain
Among the leaves so green-o
Jackie boy ...
B: To my hey down down
G: To my ho down down
B: Hey down
G: Ho down
T: Derry derry down
Among the leaves so green-o.
If I could I surely would,
Stand on the rock where Moses stood.
Oh Lord the Pharaoh's army got drowned,
Oh, Mary, don't you weep. (Oh Mary!)
Oh Mary, don't you weep, don't you mourn.
Oh Mary, don't you weep, don't you mourn.
Oh Lord the Pharaoh's army got drowned,
Oh Mary, don't you weep.
God told Moses what to do
Lead those Hebrew people through ...
Moses stood on the Red Sea shore
Smotin' the water with a two-by-four ...
Mary wore three links of chain
And every link bore freedom's name ...
Devil's mad and I am glad
Lost a soul that he thought he had ...
One of the nights about twelve o'clock
This whole camp's gonna reel and rock ...
We're the men from Nairobi
And our team's a good one
We play the Watusi they're seven feet tall.
The cannibals may eat us
But they'll never beat us
'Cause we're from Nairobi
The best of them all.
Singing
Umgawa, umgawa, umgawa, umgawa, umgawa, umgawa, umgawawa.
They sent fifty men
Down from Kilamanjaro
But they didn't have what it takes.
We took all the losers
Out into the jungle
And left them tied up for the snakes
What a bite!
Singing ...
The men from 'round Kenya
Know our team's a good one
We played them 'bout this time last year.
Their number one hero
Was disqualified when he
Fell on a Nairobi spear
What a shaft!
Singing ...
My paddle's keen and bright
Flashing with silver
Follow the wild goose flight
Dip, dip and swing
Dip, dip and swing her back
Flashing with silver
Swift as the wild goose flies
Dip, dip and swing