Tuesday, June 10, 2008

My great uncle Hugh Wilson and Mister Noah

My great uncle and I met only once, when I was about 9. He moved to the Isle of Man to be Baptist pastor in Douglas.

When he was a younger man, he wrote a new verse to the chorus "Mister Noah", which as I'm sure some of you know goes like this:

Mister Noah built an ark
The people thought it such a lark
Mister Noah pleaded so
But into the ark they would not go

Down came the rain in torrents
Down came the rain in torrents
Down came the rain in torrents
And only eight were saved

The animals went in two by two
Giraffe and the bear and the kangaroo
All were safely stored away
Against that great and awful day

Down came the rain in torrents
Down came the rain in torrents
Down came the rain in torrents
And only eight were saved

(here's Hugh's bit:)

Midst the storm of that great day
The ark it safely sailed away
When the judgement hour was past
It safely came to land at last


So whenever you see a rainbow
Whenever you see a rainbow
Whenever you see a rainbow
Remember God is love

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