The Flood

Noah got instructions to build the ark from above Then he put in all creatures including the doves They cooed at each other in melodies of love Rain started falling and off they shoved The water kept rising and the ark sailed along And the doves kept on cooing, cooing their song The water got higher, to the mountain it reached The doves cooed for freedom, and the owl screeched When the rain finally stopped Noah wanted to know If there was dry land out there so the animals could go He sent out the raven, it never returned Noah assumed that the poor bird had drowned Then he sent out a dove, gentle and meek It soon returned with an olive leaf in its beak Then Noah knew that the animals could go As the very first rainbow put on a show