One of the songs I came across was the song "Who Built The Ark?" made by Alan Lomax
and sung by Bessie Jones. This song stresses his hard work and obedience to God even though he was considered a joke to his neighbors. In the song it states "Noah obeyed everything God said. And all his family was saved that day" putting actual morals in the song.
Another song I came across was "Bring Them In" by William A. Ogden. Which says "No-ah you are a man so good; Try-ing to do the things you should. Build me an ark ex-act-ly so. I will be with you where you go." stressing how good of a person he is for doing this for all the humans and animals.
Another song was "Noah, Hoist the Window" which talked about how all the citizens thought that Noah was a foolish man for what he was doing. It said "The people called Noah a foolish man, 'cause he built his ark on the high dry land" which stresses the joy and the relief from worry experienced at the end of the Noah story, when the dove returns with an olive branch, signifying that the world has began to dry.
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