O Come Let Us Adore Him (The Little Boy And His Boat) chords by The Mississippi Children's Choir
Verse 1
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Our Father in Heaven,
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O Jesus,
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Send the Holy Ghost on
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a round of crusade,
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Retrieving, Reclaiming,
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and res cuing perishing souls
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throughout the length and
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breadth of the earth
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Oh, we need you, O Lord
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Help us, we pray,
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in Jesus' name
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It was in the bayou country
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of southern Louisiana,
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a little boy 11 years old,
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took a piece of wood,
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and some tombs,
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and carved him out a beautiful boat,
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and he placed beautiful sails on it,
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beautiful.
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Now he placed it on the water
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for a baiting voyage,
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and as the boat was
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A storm came up,
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the winds were strong,
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the tempest was raging,
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the strain broke,
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he lost his boat,
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went down the stream
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Days, weeks, months went by,
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Noble Slaggart's heart was
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broken in a thousand pieces.
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And one day,
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as he was walking down the street,
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he passed a pawn shop,
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an d he looked into
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the window.
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And what do you think he saw?
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You said it, his boat.
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So he ran in the pawn shop
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and said, Mr., Mr., that's my bowl.
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Mr., that's my bowl in
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the window.
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Give me my bowl, Mr.,
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give me my bowl.
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Mr., I made this bowl.
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I built it with my own hands.
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See my mark right there?
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You say, son, maybe you built it,
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maybe it was your boat,
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but it's not your boat
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anymore.
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To get this boat, it's going to cost you,
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how much mister,
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it's going to cost you 20.
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dol lars.
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Mister you just wait right here
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don't go anywhere just wait right here
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don't get rid of my boy
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just wait till I come back.
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So he ran home and he got his checkbook in the form
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of his piggy bank came back to that pawn shop
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he began to shake his piggy bank
as if he was writing a check
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and he shook and he shook
until the last coin came out,
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they counted up the money,
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they said 13 .56, the man said I'm sorry son, you don't have enough, it's 20,
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he said but mister, that's all I've got, that's Twenty dollars, son, but mister, this is all I've got.
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Son, twenty dollars, but mister,
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this is all I've got.
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Is that all you have?
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This is all I've got.
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He said, alright,
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give me all you have.
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So he gave him all he had.
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And the man gave him the book,
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thank you mister.
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He walked out of that pawn shop,
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got out on the streets,
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and he looked at this book
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as if his heart was being put back together
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on the inside.
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said, little boy,
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you're mine twice.
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I made you and I lost you.
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Now I bought you back.
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Picture with me,
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I think about when God
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made us.
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He put us in a garden and
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the strain broke.
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Four thousand years later,
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heaven sent the checkbook
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in the form of Jesus Christ.
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He came, suffered, bled and died.
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He says to you and to me,
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I gave all hand.
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I gave all I had.
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You know when somebody
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do that for us,
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he's worth adoring don't
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you think?
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I think he's worth our
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adoration.
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I'm already down here.
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with me into the hall
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to just adore the Lord?
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You want to just come and thank Him
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for what He's done for
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you.
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We ought to thank Him
for what He's done for these children.
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Why don't we come?
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Why don't we come?
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Oh yeah.
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Oh, it's just good to thank the
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Lord.
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Maybe you're listening.
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Maybe you're riding along
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in your car.
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You think things are bad,
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but they can be much worse.
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Oh, I dare you to dishonor
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Him.
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Maybe you're in a hospital room.
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Oh, yes.
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Je sus will be your
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company keeper.
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He'll be your doctor,
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or he'll be your healer,
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maybe you're incarcerated
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behind prison walls.
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Ain't nobody loves you,
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but I want you to know
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that Jesus is your cellmate,
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oh yes.
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He said to you like he said to us,
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you mind twice, I lost you.
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Now I you back,
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and I gave all I had
Outro 1
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O Come Let Us Adore Him (The Little Boy And His Boat)
The Mississippi Children's Choir
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