Books of the Bible Songs

When I was a kid I learnt the order of all the Old Testament books off by heart simply because we sang a great catchy song about them in Junior Sunday School.  I’ve been searching for this song for a couple of years but with no success. 

A few of the lines of the song I can remember are: 

“Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther and Job, you’ll half way there half way to go, just sing with me and soon you’ll know the Old Testament books all in a row…”

“…Joel, and Amos, Obadiah and then, the story of Jonah and the fish God sent…” 

As I’ve searched I’ve come across:

And today this video below thanks to Ministry to Children.com:

Does anybody know the song I mean and where I can get hold of it from?

8 Comments on "Books of the Bible Songs"

  1. Aj says:

    I’m looking for that as well!

    “Joshua and Judges follow along, and then we get to the book of Ruth…the following books are divided in two…Samuel and Kings and Chronicles too”

  2. Paula says:

    I was at my in-law’s church last week and they had the kids in Children’s CHurch sing it. I wanted to teach it to my 3 year old but had never heard it before, so I captured it on the video feature of my camera (I love technology). Today, I transcribed the words…

    The Books of the Bible – All in a Row

    Come on everybody let’s have some fun
    The Old Testament is for everyone
    Just sing with me and soon you’ll know
    The Old Testament books all in a row

    There’s Genesis, Exodus,
    and Leviticus,
    Numbers and Deuteronomy
    Joshua, Judges follow along
    And then we get to the book of Ruth
    The following books are divided in Two
    Samuel, Kings, and Chronicles too
    Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, and Job

    We’re halfway thru half way to go
    Just sing with me and soon you’ll know
    The Old Testament books all in a row

    There’s Psalms and Proverbs
    Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon,
    Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations
    Ezekiel, Daniel and Hosea
    Joel and Amos, Obadiah, and then,
    the story of Jonah and the fish God sent
    Micah, Nahum, and Habakkuk,
    Zephaniah and Haggai,
    Two more books
    Zechariah and Malachi

    And know you know
    The Old Testament books all in a row

    The first four books that come along
    Matthew, Mark, Luke and John,
    Then come Acts and Romans too
    The first six books are easy to do

    First and second Corinthians
    Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians
    Remember Colossians next in line
    With the two Thessalonians right behind
    First and Second Timothy

    We’re over halfway it’s easy to see
    Titus, Philemon, Hebrews, and James
    Now only seven books still remain
    We’ve got 1st and 2nd Peter and then 1st John
    John has 3 books before we go on
    Now we’re almost done
    There’s only Jude and Revelation
    And now our song is through!

  3. dan says:

    Thanks Paula. Much appreciated.

  4. Melody Frank says:

    Great song! Too bad you can’t download – my sunday school class would love to learn the books of the bible by singing this song.

  5. Daniel says:

    I know the song you’re talking about. “there’s genesis exodus and leviticus numbers and deuteronomy joshua and judges follow along and then we get to the book of ruth the following books are divided in two samuel kings and chronicles too ezra nehemiah esther and job youre half way through half way to go just doing with me and soon you’ll the old testament books ask in a row psalms and proverbs ecclesiastes the song of solomon follows these isaiah jeremiah lamentations ezekiel daniel and hosea joel and amos obadiah and then the story of jonah and the fish god sent micah nahum and habakkuk zephaniah and haggai two more books zachariah and malachi now you know the old testament books ask in a row” hope that helps

  6. Nicole says:

    Miss Carter and the Sing Along Kids did it in the 90′s but I have been unable to find it any where.

  7. Jeff says:

    Psalty and friends produced some very good tapes in the 1980′s – Kid’s Praise. The new testament version of this song is on ‘ Bible song sing a long’ The author is P & H Jacobs and the publisher Maranatha Music. Not sure about the OT version – maybe its an adaptation of the NT version. I am about to make a digital copy of the song, so if you want to hear it let me know.

  8. christine says:

    i’m interested with the bible song all in a row because all i have heard so far are the lyrics for the new testament. glad to hear there’s a prior part for the old testament. i would like to hear the complete version so i could teach them in school. thanks.

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