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:
- 66 Books, 1 Author on Spring Harvest Kids Praise 2005/06
- Genesis, Exodus (The Old Testament Books) on Songs I Sang at Sunday School Vol. 2
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?
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”
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!
Thanks Paula. Much appreciated.
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.
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
Miss Carter and the Sing Along Kids did it in the 90′s but I have been unable to find it any where.
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.
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.