Hey Jonah, hallelujah Hey Jonah, preachin in that wilderness Preachin in that wilderness Preachin in that wilderness Go down yonder search the bottom of the ship Seek and you'll find the sturdy good-hearted christian Oh yonder to the power of god Seek and you'll find the sturdy good-hearted christian Surely come back, so say the lord Could not find the sturdy good-hearted christian Oh yonder to the hills i saw Seek and you'll find the sturdy good-hearted christian Show the commandment, so did say the lord Could not find the sturdy good-hearted christian Hey Jonah, hallelujah Hey Jonah, preachin in that wilderness, preachin in that wilderness Lord told Jonah said to go and preach Jonah declared that he would not go Hid his-self in the bottom of the ship Search that ship from bottom to top A hail brother Jonah sent overboard At last come a bird that dropped the seed Drop the seed that sprung the roots From the root that sprung the