Rise and Shine

DESCRIPTION: "God said to Noah, there's gonna be a floody, floody.... (So) Rise and shine and give God the glory, glory... Children of the Lord." Noah builds the ark; the animals arrive, including elephants and kangaroos; it rains; it dries up
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1874 (Dett/Fenner/Rathbun/Cleveland-ReligiousFolkSongsOfTheNegro-HamptonInstitute)
KEYWORDS: religious flood humorous Bible ship wordplay
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (6 citations):
Dett/Fenner/Rathbun/Cleveland-ReligiousFolkSongsOfTheNegro-HamptonInstitute, pp. 198-199, "Rise an' Shine" (1 text, 1 tune; pp. 212-213 in the 1874 edition)
Coleman/Bregman-SongsOfAmericanFolks, pp. 86-87, "Climb to Glory" (1 text, 1 tune)
Silber/Silber-FolksingersWordbook, p. 388, "Rise And Shine" (1 text)
Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs, pp. 105, 126, 133, 134, 175, 286, 346, 348, 397, 400-412, 431, 496, 501, 517, "Rise and Shine" (notes, with 7 texts on pp. 405-412, although "C" is something else, possibly "One More River to Cross" without the chorus, and "D" and 'E" are certainly "One More River"; bibliography on pp. 684-691, though much of it is for "One More River" or other topics)
SongsOfManyNations, "Rise and Shine" (1 text, 1 tune) (12th edition, p. 10 -- a very short version that has been converted to a round)
DT, RISESHIN
Roud #11968
RECORDINGS:
The Crofut Family, "Children of the Lord" (Piotr-Archive #671, recorded 09/17/2023)
Pete Seeger, "Children of the Lord" (on PeteSeeger11)
NOTES [90 words]: The DIgital Tradition calls this a jazzed-up version of Jacob's Ladder, but most versions seem to be entirely about Noah.
Averill treats this as a modification of "One More River to Cross." There are some common elements, but surely this is different enough to be considered its own song!
Averill, p. 397, suggests that the original spiritual was based on Isaiah 60:1, "Arise, shine, for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee." Very possibly, though I wonder if the kids who sing this would recognize the link. - RBW
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