Diane Tuiofu Music
and the Arts
Composer, Arranger, Pianist
Tale of an ArkWife
"'A Tale of an Arkwife' draws a humorous comparison between the trials Noah's wife faced with a boatload of animals and the difficulties of a mother with young children at home" (Toni Thomas).This music is part of Jewels in Her Crown.
Lyrics
Text: Toni Thomas Music: Diane Tuiofu
Verse one
Day after day it rains.
Day after day, can't go out and play.
Twenty days and twenty nights
In a boat with no respite.
Twenty days and twenty nights
Of cleanin' up and sett'l'n fights.
When's it goin' to end?
Why can't they just be friends?
Oh, Noah! the animals are hungry again!
The peanut butter's gone!
The giraffes are looking wan--
I think they're getting seasick quick!
Oh, Noah! we have a complication!
I counted out the rabbits,
We started out with seven,
And now we have eleven!
Verse two
Day after day it rains.
Day after day, can't go out and play.
Thirty days and thirty nights
In a boat with no respite.
Verse two cont.
Thirty days and thirty nights
Of cleanin' up and sett'l'n fights.
When's it goin' to end?
Why can't they just be friends?
Oh, Noah! the monkeys are it again!
They've opened all their pens,
They're plucking all the hens!
They set the gander loose and the goose!
Oh, Noah! I will not have the ducks!
They're bringing us bad luck!
A-quacking through the hymns--
Go teach them how to swim!
Verse three
Day after day it rains.
Day after day, can't go out and play.
Forty days and forty nights
In a boat with no respite.
Suddenly it's awful quiet
The rain has stopped I can't deny it.
Soon this all will end--
How I'll miss my needy friends!
They can be awfully sweet when they're all asleep!
Oh, Noah! Count those rabbits again!