Jonah-Sister Rosetta Tharpe

[ti:Jonah] [ar:Sister Rosetta Tharpe] [al:Up Above My Head - Very Best Of] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.23]Jonah - Sister Rosetta Tharpe [00:01.89]Written by：Tharpe [00:02.91] [00:07.67]In the Bible we are told [00:10.00] [00:11.17]Of a prophet who was called [00:13.40] [00:14.72]To a city that was steeped [00:16.74] [00:17.35]An awful sin [00:18.64] [00:21.65]All the people in that place [00:23.60] [00:25.18]Were devoid of saving grace [00:27.21] [00:28.62]And the prophet wased afraid to enter in [00:32.92] [00:35.33]Oh some people don't believe [00:37.69] [00:39.12]That a whale could him receive [00:41.23] [00:42.58]But that was not make my song [00:45.41]At all untrue [00:47.09] [00:49.36]Why the whales on every side [00:52.09] [00:52.99]With their big mouths open wide [00:55.66] [00:56.36]Just take care my friend [00:58.75]Or one will swallow you [01:00.96] [01:32.28]Then this prophet [01:33.12] [01:33.78]Forth was sent [01:34.57] [01:35.92]That old nineveh [01:36.99]Might repent [01:38.04] [01:39.15]But instead of that [01:40.59] [01:41.17]To tarshish [01:41.93] [01:42.52]He set sail [01:43.33] [01:46.20]Oh the winds began to blow [01:48.65] [01:50.05]Overboard did Jonah go [01:52.37] [01:53.58]And he found a Mercy seat [01:55.62] [01:56.37]Inside the whale [01:57.63] [02:00.79]In the cold and briny deeps [02:03.06] [02:03.98]Tears of grief [02:05.69]Did Jonah weep [02:06.61] [02:07.96]And the big fish [02:09.32]Threw him out upon the shore [02:12.14] [02:14.70]Then he gladly gladly went his way [02:17.38]Yeah [02:18.14]Preached to nineveh [02:19.57]Nineveh night and day [02:20.98] [02:21.75]And he did not care [02:23.58] [02:24.30]To backslide any more [02:26.58] [02:28.89]Oh thats people don't believe [02:31.67] [02:32.81]That a whale could him receive [02:35.07] [02:36.36]But that does not make my song [02:39.26]At all untrue [02:40.63] [02:43.19]They are whales [02:44.49]Whales on every side [02:46.28]Yeah [02:47.02]With their big mouths [02:48.41]Open wide [02:49.56] [02:50.11]Just take care my friends [02:52.47]Or one will swallow you