| 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 red-hot 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!!! |