Shadrack:Brook Benton.
#19 on BB Hot 100 on MERCURY
Records in 1962.
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(Shadrack, Meshach, Abednego!..Shadrack, Meshach,
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Abednego!)
#1.
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Now there were three children from the land of Israel.
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(Shadrack, Meshach, Abednego!)
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Ah, they took a little trip to the land of Babylon.
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And old Nebudchanezzer was the king of Babylon.
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So they took a lot of gold, and made them an idol.
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(Shadrack, Meshach, Abednego!)
BRIDGE:
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And they told everybody when you hear the music of the
clarinet..they told everybody when you hear the music of
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the flute.
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Now, listen, children, when you hear the music of the horn..
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oh, you gotta bow down and worship the idol!
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(Shadrack, Meshach, Abednego!)
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#2.
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Ah, but the children of Israel would not bow down!
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(Shadrack, Meshach, Abednego!)
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We ain't going to bow to no golden idol!
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No, you couldnt fool the children with the golden idol!
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#3.
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So, the king cast the children into the fiery furnace.
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He heaped on coal and red-hot brimstone, good for Satan.
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Even made it seven times hotter than it oughtta be!
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Now, they burned up the soldiers that the king had put there.
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(Shadrack, Meshach, Abednego!)
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Oh, Shadrack! Meshach, Abednego!..nnnhh!-um-hmm.
#4.
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Then the Good Lord called an angel, gave him a couple of wings.
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He said go down there through the middle of the furnace and began
to coolin' the flames.
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And those children got so happy, they went struttin' right through
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the fire.
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Just laughin' and talkin' 'bout the power of the Gospel.
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(Shadrack, Meshach, Abednego!)
OUTRO:
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Oh, Shadrack! Meshach, Abednego!!!..unnnhhh!
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
