Shadrack
Brook Benton

Peaked at # 19 in 1962

Remake of Louis Armstrong's 1931 pop song (chart position unknown) "Shadrack"
telling the story of three friends of the prophet Daniel from the Old Testament.
The names are spelled in at least two Bible versions as "Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego."


(Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego)
(Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego)
Now there were three children from the land of Israel
(Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego)
Aww, they took a little trip to the land of Babylon
(Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego)
And old Nebuchadnezzar was the king of Babylon
(Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego)
So they took a lot of gold and made them an idol
(Shadrach, 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"
"Aww, you gotta bow down and worship the idol"
(Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego)

But the children of Israel would not bow down
(Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego)
"We ain't gone bow to no golden idol"
Nooo! (Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego)
You couldn't fool the children with the golden idol
So the king cast the children in the fiery furnace
(Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego)

They heaped on coal and red-hot brimstone, the Good Book says
(Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego)
Even made it seven times hotter than it oughta be
(Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego)
Now they burned up the soldiers that the king had put there
(Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego)
Oh, Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego! hmm, 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 cool in the flames"
And those children got so happy they went struttin' right through the fire
And just a'laughing and a'talkin' 'bout power of the Gospel
(Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego)
Oh, Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego!


source: Robin Hood

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