Paul and Silas, Peter and John are models for proper contemplation. One of the old songs represented Peter and Paul as bound in jail. "Togedda dey sung, togedda dey prayed, De Lawd he heard how dey sung an' prayed. Den humble yo'selves, de bell done rung." "Paul an' Silas bound in jail, The Christians pray both night and day," represented another song, one version of which has survived and is current to-day. Most of the song consists in repetitions. Paul and Silas bound in jail, Paul and Silas bound in jail, Paul and Silas bound in jail, Paul and Silas bound in jail. Paul did pray one mournful prayer (4). Don't you wish you could pray like Paul?(4) He prayed an' the good Lord set him free (4). Another version prays for the _angels_ to come down and _unlock_ the door of the jail. It has a striking parallel among the secular songs and might have been composed with the idea of the negro in jail as being rescued. Come down angel with the key, Come down angel with the key, My Lord, angel, come down with the key. Unlock the door for me-e-e, Unlock the door for me-e-e, My Lord, unlock the door for me. Paul and Silas is in jail, Paul and Silas is in jail, My Lord, Paul and Silas is in jail. Unlock the jail-house door, Unlock the jail-house door-oor, My Lord, unlock the jail house door. Among those of the Bible who have been the special subject of song, Noah has a prominent place. References to him have been made already. He is always the hero of the flood. In most of the songs wherein a special character has an important part, it is in the chorus or refrain. So in "Fohty days an' nights", a general mixture of songs and ideas, Noah and the flood make the chorus. Dey calls bro' Noah a foolish man, _Fohty days an' nights_, He built de ark upon de lan', _Fohty days an' nights_. _En, ho, ho, didn't it rain? O yes, you know it did. Ho, ho, didn't it rain? O yes, you know it did._ Ole Satan wears a iron shoe, Hit's fohty days an' nights, Ef you don't mind gwine slip it on you, Fohty days an' nights. Some go to meetin' to put on pretense, _Fohty days an' nights_, Until de day ob grace is spent, _Fohty days an' nights_. Some go to meetin' to sing an' shout, _Fohty days an' nights_, Fo' six months dey'll be turned out, _Fohty days an' nights_. I tell you brother an' I tell you twice, _It's fohty days an' nights_, My soul done anchored in Jesus Christ, _Fohty days an' nights_. If you git dar befo' I do, _Forty days an' nights_, Look out fer me I'se comin' too, _Fohty days an' nights_. You baptize Peter an' you baptize Paul, _It's fohty days an' nights_, But de Lord-God-er-mighty gwine baptize all, _It's fohty days an' nights_.