The Master's Hand

Written by:   Dolly Parton

In the days before the flood the world grew wicked and corrupt,

But Noah was a good man and the Lord unto him came.

(And) He said to Noah, “Go build an ark.”

Noah did and the skies got dark and the great flood destroyed … everything.

Except for Noah and his wife, their three sons and their wives,

And a pair of every kind of creature walking the land.

And the people mocked and they made fun, but (old) Noah worked 'til it was done

'cause he was holdin' to the Master's hand.

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 The Master's hand is always held out to us.

And it will lead us to the Promised Land.

And the evil of this world cannot undo us

If we are holdin' to the Master's hand.

Three Hebrew children in days of old were marched into the fiery coals

For they would not deny the Lord, would not obey command.

And the furnace roared like a mighty storm, but the Hebrew children saw no harm.

The flames were smothered by the Master's hand.

Now the Hebrew children loved their God, and with(in) them in the flames He trod

To show the world that He was King and ruler over man.

O Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego had no fear of the fiery coals

'cause they were holdin' to the Master's hand.