Jonah And The Whale Lyrics - Tim O'brien

God sent Jonah down to Ninevah land 

To preach the gospel to the wicked men 

And to repent his wicked ways 

I'm gonna overthrow the city in forty days 

Chorus 

God moved in the wind storm, he rose in the wind storm 

He troubled everybody in mind 

So Jonah went down to the sea shore 

He made up his mind which way to go 

He got himself a ship and he paid his fare 

But God got angry with Jonah down there 

Chorus 

God saw the ship and he came in time 

The captain of the ship had a trouble in mind 

And then he went into the deep 

Where he saw old Jonah there fast asleep 

He said Hey stranger tell me your name 

My name is Jonah and I came from the king 

And all this trouble's on account of me 

Why don't you throw me over board and let the ship sail free 

Chorus 

So they threw old Jonah overboard 

A whale came up and he swallowed him whole 

He took him on over to Ninevah land 

Where he threw up Jonah on a bar of sand 

Chorus 

Repeat first verse