The Lord told Noah he had a plan
To punish the evil come to man
Flood the earth and clean the land
Noah brought his family near
He said the sky don't look so clear
Get the animals, bring them here
Oh, children, little children
So step inside and take a ride
Noah built himself an ark
Built it from the Hickory Park
All the world was get tin' dark
The boat's about to leave
The animals come in one by one
Cow a -chewin' a caraway bun
Milk she carried weighed a ton
Poor children, little children
So step inside and take a ride
Animals come in two by two
Rhinoceros and a kangaroo
Gorilla wore one brand new shoe
The boat's about to leave
The animals come in three by three,
Bear a -huggin' a bumbly bee,
Hy ena laughed and slapped his knee,
Oh, children, little children,
So step inside and take a ride,
The animals come in four by four,
Noah, he said, there's room for more,
Flea, hollered out, don't close that door,
The boat's about to leave.
The animals come in five by five,
From all the lands they did arrive,
Tickled to death to be alive
Oh, children, little children
So step inside and take a ride
The animals come in six by six
Hyena laughed at the monkey's tricks
Skunk was too polite to mix
The boat's about to leave
The big and the little ones
Said the ant to the elephant,
Oh, children, little children,
So step inside and take a ride,
The animals come in eight by
The armadillo, he found a mate
Noah, holly, go shut that gate
The boat's about to leave
The animals come in nine by nine
The last one in was a porcupine
Noah, holly, go cut that line
The ark moved out on the morning tide
Where he took his pretty little bride
The boat's about to leave
The Lord set out the morning dove
To find a leaf on the land above
Oh, children, little children,
So step inside and take a ride,
Oh, children, little children,
now don't you fret and grieve
They ended up at Mount Erro
an d then it stopped raining nightly