Classic Poem

O, de
ol' ark's a-moverin', a-moverin', a-moverin', De
ol' ark's a-moverin' an' I'm goin' home. O, de I'm goin' home.
See dat sister all dressed so fine? She
See dat brother all dressed so gay? O,
See dat sister dere comin' so slow? She
'Tain't but one a thing on a my min'. My
ain't got Jesus on a her min'.
death's gwineter come for to carry him away.
wants to go to heab'n 'fore de heab'n door close.
sister's gone to heab'n an'-a lef'-a me behin'. O, de.
Ol' ark's a-moverin', a-moverin', a-moverin', De
ol' ark's a-moverin', An' I'm goin' home. O, de I'm goin' home. O, de
ol' ark she reel, De ol' ark she rock, D'ol' ark she landed on de mountain top. O, de
ol' ark's a-moverin', a-moverin', a-moverin'. Deark's a-moverin', An' I'm goin' home. O, de I'm goin' home.