《The ’Ole In The Ark》歌词

歌曲： The ’Ole In The Ark

所属专辑：The Classic Monologues (Digitally Remastered)

歌手： Stanley Holloway

时长： 03:38

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One evening at dusk as noah stood on his ark [00:00:06]

Putting green oil in starboard side lamp [00:00:11]

His wife came along and said noah summat's wrong [00:00:14]

Our cabin is getting quite damp [00:00:18]

Noah said is that so then he went down below [00:00:21]

And found it were right what she'd said [00:00:25]

For there on the floor quite a puddle he saw [00:00:27]

It was slopping around under t bed [00:00:31]

Said he there's an ole in the bottom somewhere [00:00:34]

We must find it before we retire [00:00:37]

Then he thowt for a bit and he said aye that's it [00:00:40]

A bloodhound is what we require [00:00:43]

So he went and fetched bloodhound [00:00:46]

From place where it lay [00:00:48]

Tween the skunk and the polecat it were [00:00:50]

And as things there below were a trifle so so [00:00:54]

It were glad of a breath of fresh air [00:00:57]

They followed the sound as it went sniffing round [00:01:01]

Til at last they located the leak [00:01:04]

Twere a small hole in the side about two inches wide [00:01:07]

Where a swordfish had poked in its beak [00:01:10]

And by gum how the wet squirted in through that hole [00:01:14]

Well young shem who at sums was expert [00:01:19]

Worked it out on his slate that it came at the rate [00:01:23]

Of per gallon per second per squirt [00:01:26]

The bloodhound tried hard to keep water in check [00:01:30]

By lapping it up with his tongue [00:01:33]

But it came in so fast through that hole that at last [00:01:35]

He shoved in his nose for a bung [00:01:38]

The poor faithful hound he were very near drowned [00:01:42]

They dragged him away none too soon [00:01:46]

For the stream as it rose pushed its way up his nose [00:01:50]

And blew him up like a balloon [00:01:53]

And then mrs noah shoved her elbow in thole [00:01:56]

And said eh it's stopped I believe [00:02:00]

But they found very soon as she'd altered her tune [00:02:03]

For the water had got up her sleeve [00:02:06]

When she saw as her elbow weren't doing much good [00:02:09]

She said to noah I've an idea [00:02:13]

You sit on the leak and by tend of the week [00:02:16]

There's no knowing the weather may clear [00:02:20]

Noah didn't think much to this notion at all [00:02:24]

But reckoned he'd give it a try [00:02:27]

On the ole down he flopped and the leaking all stopped [00:02:30]

And all except him was quite dry [00:02:34]

They took him his breakfast and dinner and tea [00:02:38]

As day after day there he sat [00:02:42]

Til the rain was all passed and they landed at last [00:02:46]

On top side of mount ararat [00:02:49]

And that is how noah got them all safe ashore [00:02:53]

But ever since then strange to tell [00:02:57]

Them as helped save the ark has all carried a mark [00:03:02]

Aye and all their descendants as well [00:03:06]

That's why dog has a cold nose and ladies cold elbows [00:03:10]

You'll also find if you enquire [00:03:17]

That's why a man takes his coat tails in hand [00:03:20]

And stands with his back to the fire [00:03:24]