Chorus:

Who built de ark? Nora, Nora.

Who built de ark? Nora an’ his Lawd.

Who built de ark? Nora, Nora.

Who built de ark? Nora an’ his Lawd.

Nora said to de rovin’ bird,

“Go bring me a grain of san’.”

De rovin’ bird cried, “O Lawd,

I can’t find no lan’.”

The old songs had much to say about trouble, the struggle with sin and the devil, and the warning to the sinner man. Favorite lines used to be: