shadrack meshach abednego
shadrack meshach abednego
now there were three children from the land of israel
shadrack meshach abednego
ah they took a little trip to the land of babylon
shadrack meshach abednego
and ol’ nebudchanezzer was the king of babylon
shadrack meshach abednego
so they took a lot of gold and made ’em an idol
shadrack meshach abednego
and they told everybody ‘when you hear the music of the clarinet’
they told everybody ‘when you hear the music of the flute’
‘now listen children when you hear the music of the horn’
‘ah you gotta bow down and worship the idol’
shadrack meshach abednego
ah but the children of israel would not bow down
shadrack meshach abednego
‘we ain’t goin’ to bow to no golden idol’
shadrack meshach abednego
no you couldn’t fool the children with the golden idol
shadrack meshach abednego
so the king cast the children in the fiery furnace
shadrack meshach abednego
he heaped on coal and redhot brimstone the good book say
shadrack meshach abednego
even made it seven times hotter than it oughtta be
shadrack meshach abednego
now they burned up the soldiers that the king had put there
shadrack meshach abednego
oh shadrack meshach abednego
um hmm then the good lord called an angel
gave him a couple of wings
he said ‘go down there through the middle of the furnace
and begin to coolin’ the flames’
and those children got so happy
they went struttin’ right through the fire
and this lot they had them talkin’ about the power of the gospel
shadrack meshach abednego
oh shadrack meshach abednego
Artist: Brook Benton
Year: 1962
Decade: 60s
Language: en
Word Count: 160