MICHAEL
traditional
new lyrics by
Roy Zimmerman
new lyrics by
Roy Zimmerman
Michael row your boat ashore, alleluiah
Michael row your boat ashore, alleluia
Sister helped to trim the sails
Sister helped to trim the sails
(chorus)
The River Jordan is deep and wide
There’s milk and honey on the other side.
(chorus)
Did you ever eat milk and honey? It’s good. Tastes like chicken.
Michael Jordan is skinny and tall, alleluiah
Michael Jordan plays basketball, alleluiah
(chorus)
You know, I think that included people who died of spider bites as well, even though, technically, spiders aren’t insects.
We hope we’ve changed your lives forever - made you into more decent and morally upright citizens of the free world. Failing that, we hope you paid to get in. The Folk Era was a special time in America. A time of innocence, when people sang Kumbaya and really meant it. When banjo music got airplay, and Burl Ives had groupies. No one knows what caused the Folk Era, and scientists are studying what can be done to prevent it from ever happening again. But in the meantime, think globally and act locally. Or think AND act “glocally.” Keep the wind in your hair and the government out of your bedroom. Remember to tip your waitress over. And join us in one final rousing chorus, just as is if you knew what it meant.
Michael row your boat ashore, alleluiah
Michael row your boat ashore, alleluia
Michael row your boat ashore, alleluiah
Michael row your boat ashore, allelu...ya ya ya ya!
Michael row your boat ashore, alleluia
Sister helped to trim the sails
Sister helped to trim the sails
(chorus)
The River Jordan is deep and wide
There’s milk and honey on the other side.
(chorus)
Did you ever eat milk and honey? It’s good. Tastes like chicken.
Michael Jordan is skinny and tall, alleluiah
Michael Jordan plays basketball, alleluiah
(chorus)
You know, I think that included people who died of spider bites as well, even though, technically, spiders aren’t insects.
We hope we’ve changed your lives forever - made you into more decent and morally upright citizens of the free world. Failing that, we hope you paid to get in. The Folk Era was a special time in America. A time of innocence, when people sang Kumbaya and really meant it. When banjo music got airplay, and Burl Ives had groupies. No one knows what caused the Folk Era, and scientists are studying what can be done to prevent it from ever happening again. But in the meantime, think globally and act locally. Or think AND act “glocally.” Keep the wind in your hair and the government out of your bedroom. Remember to tip your waitress over. And join us in one final rousing chorus, just as is if you knew what it meant.
Michael row your boat ashore, alleluiah
Michael row your boat ashore, alleluia
Michael row your boat ashore, alleluiah
Michael row your boat ashore, allelu...ya ya ya ya!
