The Books of the Old Testament

I didn't get a song on video on Wednesday , so here's another flashback from a couple of years ago.

Rachel and I have been working with the current crop of kids on the books of the Old Testament. Songs on the OT books are hard! Rachel didn't think the other option we had worked well with the right number of syllables. I didn't like it either, but neither of us tried this one with them.

This group of kids were just awesome at singing. They already knew this version. At least the twin sisters did. There's actually two sets of twins in video carrying the song very well.

Books of the Old Testament

To the tune of “Did You Ever See a Lassie”

Let us sing the books of Moses, of Moses, of Moses,

Let us sing the books of Moses for he wrote the Law.

First, Genesis; second Exodus; third, Leviticus; forth, Numbers;

And fifth is Deuteronomy, the last of the Law.

Let us sing the books of history, of history, of history;

Let us sing the books of history which tells of the Jews.

There’s Joshua and Judges and the story of Ruth,

And First and Second Samuel, and First and Second Kings.

Then First and Second Chronicles which give us the records;

Then Ezra, Nehemiah and Esther the Queen.

Let us sing the books of poetry, of poetry, of poetry;

Let us sing the books of poetry, the songs the Jews sang.

Job the patient, Psalms of David and the Proverbs or a wise one;

And then Ecclesiastes and the Song of Solomon.

Let us sing the major prophets, major prophets, major prophets;

Let us sing the major prophets, they wrote five books in all.

Isaiah, Jeremiah, who wrote Lamentations;

Then Ezekiel and Daniel, who were true to their God.

Let us sing the minor prophets, minor prophets, minor prophets;

Let is sing the minor prophets, there were twelve of them all.

Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk,

Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi.