SENNACHERIB WENT DOWN TO JUDAH
(My rewriting of “The Devil Went Down To Georgia” by Charlie Daniels.)Sennacherib went down to Judah
He was lookin’ for a city to siege
He was in a bind
‘Cause he was way behind
And he was willin’ to make a dealAnd if you win you get to keep your head
But if you lose Sennacherib gets your realm
When he came upon Jerusalem, king
Hezekiah settin in the temple and prayin’ a lot
And Sennacherib jumped
Up on a siege engine
And said king let me tell you what
I guess you didn’t know it
but your God sent me here to you
And if you care to take a dare I’ll destroy you
Now you got a pretty good city
But give Sennacherib his due
if you surrender now I’ll take all of you
to a land where there’s fine food that’s true
if not you can drink your pee and eat your pooh
The king said my name’s Hezekiah
And it might be a sin
But I’ll take your bet
And you’re gonna regret
‘Cause my God is the best there’s ever been
Isaiah cried out to God and prayed really hard
Cause Assyria’s broke loose in Judah and the Sennacherib deals the cards
Sennacherib sent out his archers
And he said I’ll start this show
And fire flew from his arrows
As he pulled back his bow
Then he pulled the bow across his chest
And it made a evil whizz
And a band of slingers joined in
And it sounded something like this
[Instrumental]
When Sennacherib finished
Hezekiah said well you’re pretty good old son
Just sit right in that tent right there
And let me show you how it’s done
He played Fire on the Mountain
Run boys, run
Angel of the Lord is in the camp tonight
Killed them men without a fight
Sennacherib ran back home in the night
[Instrumental]
Sennacherib bowed his head
Because he knew that he’d been beat
he saw them 185,000 soldiers
On the ground at Hezekiah’s feet
Hezekiah said, Sennacherib just come on back
If you ever wanna try again
I done told you once you son of a gun
My God is the best there’s ever been
And he played Fire on the Mountain
Run boys, run
angel of the lord is in the camp tonight
Killed them men without a fight
Angel of the Lord does your fiery sword bite
yes men, yes
You better believe it