Thanks Pandora, That isn't what I am thinking of, but it is beautiful and I will add it to my repretoire.

I think this might be a spiritual. Includes phrases to the effect I heard about Noah, I heard about Sampson, I heard about Abraham and then a phrase telling about that person. Might be I can tall about -- b/c the final verse is the best thing I can tell is about my salvation (paraphrase).