There's One Wide River to Cross

Old Noah he build himself an Ark;
There's one wide river to cross.
He thatched it up with hickory bark,
There's one wide river to cross.

Chorus

There's one wide river, and that's the river of Jordan;
There's one wide river, one wide river to cross.

He built long, and wide and tall,
There's one wide river to cross;
Plenty of room for the large and small,
There's one wide river to cross.

He anchored the ark to a great big rock,
There's one wide river to cross;
And then he began to load his stock,
There's one wide river to cross.

The animals came in one by one,
There's one wide river to cross;
The elephant munching a caraway bun,
There's one wide river to cross.

The animals came in two by two,
There's one wide river to cross;
The monkey and the kangaroo,
There's one wide river to cross.

The animals came in three by three,
There's one wide river to cross;
The lion and the chimpanzee,
There's one wide river to cross.

The animals came in four by four,
There's one wide river to cross;
Old Noah got mad and hollered for more,
There's one wide river to cross.

The animals came in five by five,
There's one wide river to cross;
With wardrobe trunks they did arrive,
There's one wide river to cross.

The animals came in six by six,
There's one wide river to cross;
The leopard laughed at the monkey's tricks,
There's one wide river to cross.

The animals came in seven by seven,
There's one wide river to cross;
Now you may think there's at least eleven
BUT THERE AIN'T!