The Lord said to Noah there's gonna be a floody floody ...Get those children out of the muddy muddy... Children of the Lord.

"Rise and Shine" is the unofficial anthem of HCPT's Easter week in Lourdes. The melody can be traced back to an American folk song from the 1930s, a slower spiritual tune called "Jacob's ladder" but the origins of the lyrics we know and use are not entirely clear. It may have been developed over the years in churches and youth Groups around Britain or America, or it may have been invented by helpers in the early days while entertaining children on the train station at Boulogne maritime!

Whatever the origin, it now has a firm position as the highlight of any HCPT sing-along, and always features as a highlight at both the Trust Mass and Torchlight procession in Lourdes at Easter week.

Versions of the song have appeared in many places over the years, including appearing at least once in an episode of The Simpsons ("Homer the Heretic") and is a popular entry in many Scouts / Guides campfire songbooks.

Rise and Shine

1. The Lord said to Noah

there's gonna be a floody floody

Lord said to Noah

there's gonna be a floody floody

Get those children (clap)

out of the muddy muddy

Children of the Lord.

Chorus

So rise and shine

and give God the glory glory

Rise and shine

and give God the glory glory

Rise and shine and (clap)

give God the glory glory

Children of the Lord.

2. So Noah he built him

he built him an arky arky

Noah he built him

built him an arky arky

Built it out of (clap)

Hickory barky barky

Children of the Lord.

Sing chorus

3. The animals, they came on

they came on by twosies twosies

Animals, they came on

they came on by twosies twosies

Elephants and (clap)

kangaroozies roozies

Children of the Lord.

Sing chorus

4. It rained and poured

for forty daisies daisies

Rained and poured

for forty daisies daisies

Everyone was(clap)

going crazy crazy

Children of the Lord.

Sing chorus

5. The sun came out

and dried up the landy landy

Sun came out

and dried up the landy landy

Everything was (clap)

fine and dandy dandy

Children of the Lord.

Sing chorus

6. The animals they came out

came out by threezies threezies

The animals they came out

came out by threezies threezies

Crocodiles and (clap)

Chimpanzeesies-zeesies

Children of the Lord.

Sing chorus

7. If you get to heaven

before I dosie-dosie

If you get to heaven

before I dosie-dosie

Tell those angels(clap)

I'm coming toosie toosie

Children of the Lord.

Sing chorus

8. This is the end of

the end of our story story

This is the end of

the end of our story story

Everything is (clap)

Hunky dory dory

Children of the Lord.

Sing chorus

To hear "Rise & Shine" (recorded at Easter 2004) click here for an mp3 version