Ain’t But the One / Will You Be There? / 99%

Duke Ellington

[ENSEMBLE]
Ain't but the one

[MALE SOLOIST (JIMMY MCPHAIL)]
Just one

[ENSEMBLE]
Ain't but the one

[MALE SOLOIST]
Just one

[MALE SOLOIST & ENSEMBLE]
Ain't but the one good Lord above
Ain't but the one great

[MALE SOLOIST]
God of love

[MALE SOLOIST, ENSEMBLE]
Who set the stars? (But one, but one)
Who knows the judgment? (But one, but one)
Who is the power? (Ain't but the)
Ain't but the one who knows the story (One, ain't)

Made little apples that fall from the tree (Ooh)
Birds in the sky, put fish in the sea (Ooh)

[MALE SOLOIST & WOMEN]
Who made the little flowers that give honey to the bees?

[MALE SOLOIST & ENSEMBLE]
Made the cripple walk and the blind man to see?

[ENSEMBLE]
Ain't but the one

[MALE SOLOIST]
Just one

[ENSEMBLE]
Ain't but the one

[MALE SOLOIST]
Just one

[MALE SOLOIST & ENSEMBLE]
Ain't but the one good Lord above
Ain't but the one great

[MALE SOLOIST]
God of love

[MALE SOLOIST, ENSEMBLE]
Who set the stars? (The sun and the moon)
Who knows the judgment? (How soon?)
Who is the power? (Who is the glory?)
Ain't but the one

[MALE SOLOIST & ENSEMBLE]
Who knows the story

[MALE SOLOIST, ENSEMBLE]
Brought water from solid stone (Ooh, hoo hoo)
Brought water like rain (Ooh, hoo hoo)
Made a serpent wiggle from a walking stick (Ooh, hoo hoo)
Made a snake out of a cane (Ooh, hoo hoo)
Made a million miracles (Ooh, hoo hoo)
Miracles never fail (Ooh, hoo hoo)
Snatched Jonah, yes he did (Ooh, hoo hoo)
From the belly of the whale (Ooh, hoo hoo)

Fed the people in the wilderness (Ooh, hoo hoo)
Manna from the sky and then (Ooh, hoo hoo)
Daniel up and upset the cup (Ooh, hoo hoo)
Jumped from the lion's den (Ooh, hoo hoo)
Stopped the River Jordan (Ooh, hoo hoo)
The River Jordan's flow (Ooh, hoo hoo)
Made Joshua win the battle (Ooh, hoo hoo)
The battle of Jericho (Ooh, hoo hoo)

[ENSEMBLE]
Ain't but the one

[MALE SOLOIST]
Just one

[ENSEMBLE]
Ain't but the one

[MALE SOLOIST]
Just one

[MALE SOLOIST & ENSEMBLE]
Ain't but the one good Lord above
Ain't but the one great

[MALE SOLOIST]
God of love

[MALE SOLOIST, ENSEMBLE]
Who set the stars? (The sun and the moon)
Who knows the judgment? (How soon?)
Who is the power? (Who is the glory?)
Ain't but the one

[MALE SOLOIST & ENSEMBLE]
Who knows the story

[ENSEMBLE, variously]
Ain't but the one, ain't but the one
Ain't but the one, ain't but the one
Ain't but the one, ain't but the one

[ENSEMBLE]
Ain't but the one

[MALE SOLOIST]
Just one

[ENSEMBLE]
Ain't but the one

[MALE SOLOIST]
Just one

[MALE SOLOIST & ENSEMBLE]
Ain't but the one good Lord above
Ain't but the one great God of love

[ENSEMBLE]
Will you be there? (Will you be there?)
Will your name be called?
Will your name be called?
Will you be there?
Will your name be called?
Doo, doo

[MALE SPEAKER, spoken]
Did you live one hundred percent
What the Ten Commandments meant?

[ENSEMBLE]
Will you be there? (Will you be there?)
Will your name be called?
Doo

[FEMALE SPEAKER, spoken]
Make one hundred percent your goal
And make it to save your soul

[ENSEMBLE]
Will you be there? (Will you be there?)
Will your name be called?

Ninety-nine percent won't do
Ninety-nine and a half ain't enough
Doo

[FEMALE SPEAKER, spoken]
If you love yourself, be good to yourself
Be one hundred percent wise
That's the ticket to heaven
And there is no compromise

[ENSEMBLE]
Ninety-nine percent won't do
Ninety-nine percent won't do, no, no, won't do

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Wann wurde das Lied “Ain’t But the One / Will You Be There? / 99%” von Duke Ellington veröffentlicht?
Das Lied Ain’t But the One / Will You Be There? / 99% wurde im Jahr 1964, auf dem Album “My People” veröffentlicht.

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