Elijah the Tishbite: 1 Kings 16.29 to the end of Chapter 18 (to the tune ‘Michael Finnegan’)

Lyrics and Chords: 4th capo G Intro: G / / / / / / /

Ahab son of Omri, King of Israel,

Am D

had for a wife, a queen called Jezebel. / / / /

Both turned from God,

to an idol called Ba-al. * * *

C D G

King Ahab and Jezebel of Israel,

C G

did rebel. C / D / G C G

Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead,

he was a prophet, who made them very mad!

“God will send a drought,

with no rain to be had!” * * *

said the Tishbite from Tishbe in Gilead,

very sad!

In the Wadi Cherith, east of the Jordan,

Elijah hid from this man and his woman.

The ravens fed him in the

evening and the morning,* * *

in the Wadi Cherith, of the Jordan,

it wasn’t fun!

Later he left for a town, named Zarephath,

there he saved a widow’s son from death.

Fed them, and their thirst Elijah quenched.* * *

in Zarephath town where he did rest,

being a guest.

Then back he went to a mount name Carmel;

faced the king, overcame his prophets. Well,

so I’m told, the people turned to God again,* * *

and the clouds returned and the rain it fell,

at Carmel!