Jonah and the Whale Lyrics

Jonah was a man who got a word from the Lord
To go and preach the gospel to the sinful land
But he got on a ship, and he tried to get away
And ran into a storm in the middle of the sea
Now, the Lord made the waves just to roll so high
The ship begin to sink, and they all begin to cry
So they pulled old Jonah out of the hole
And they jumped him in the water just to lighten up the load

Now, the Lord made a whale, long and wide
(Lord, Lord, wasn′t that a fish?)
And he swallowed up Jonah, hair and hide
(Lord, Lord, wasn't that a fish?)

Now, Jonah starts to pray in the belly of the whale
(Lord, Lord, wasn′t that a fish?)
He repented of his sins like a man in jail
(Lord, Lord, wasn't that a fish?)

Now, Jonah must have been a bad man, he must have been a sinner
(Lord, Lord, wasn't that a fish?)
′Cause the whale got him down, and he didn′t like his dinner
(Lord, Lord, wasn't that a fish?)

Well, he swum around the ocean, sick as he could be
Lord, Lord, wasn′t that a fish?
After three days, whoa, he had to set him free
Lord, Lord, wasn't that a fish?

So the whale spit Jonah out on the dry land
(Lord, Lord, wasn′t that a fish?)
And he went on to preachin' like a righteous man
(Lord, Lord, wasn′t that a fish?)
And the people quit their sins when they hear him in the town
(Lord, Lord, wasn't that a fish?)
So when you hear the call, don't you turn the gospel down
Lord, Lord, wasn′t that a fish?