Go down, Moses

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GO DOWN, MOSES When Israel was in Egypt's land Let my people go Oppressed so hard they could not stand Let my people go Go down, Moses, way down in Egypt's land Tell ol' Pharaoh, Let my people go. Thus saith the Lord, bold Moses said, Let my people go, If not, I'll smite your first-born dead, Let my people go. Go down... No more shall they in bondage toil, Let my people go, Let them come out with Egypt's spoil, Let my people go. Go down... The Lord told Moses what to do, Let my people go, To lead the Hebrew children through, Let my people go. Go down... O come along Moses, you'll not get lost, Let my people go, Stretch out your rod and come across, Let my people go. Go down... As Israel stood by the waterside, Let my people go, At God's command it did divide, Let my people go. Go down... When they reached the other shore, Let my people go, They sang a song of triumph o'er, Let my people go. Go down... Pharaoh said he'd go across, Let my people go, But Pharaoh and his host were lost, Let my people go. Go down... Jordan shall stand up like a wall, Let my people go, And the walls of Jericho shall fall, Let my people go. Go down... Your foes shall not before you stand, Let my people go, And you'll possess fair Canaan's land, Let my people go. Go down... O let us all from bondage flee, Let my people go, And let us all in Christ be free, Let my people go. Go down... We need not always weep and mourn, Let my people go, And wear these slavery chains forlorn, Let my people go. Go down...

O LET MY PEOPLE GO (THE SONG OF THE CONTRABANDS) The Lord by Moses to Pharaoh said: “O let my people go! If not, I’ll smite your firstborn dead, Then let my people go!” [REFRAIN sung after each VERSE] O! go down, Moses, Away down to Egypt’s land, And tell King Pharaoh, To let my people go! CHORUS [sung after each REFRAIN] O! go down, Moses, Away down to Egypt’s land, And tell King Pharaoh, To let my people go! No more shall they in bondage toll, O let my people go! Let them come out with Egypt’s spoil, O let my people go! Haste, Moses, ’till the sea you’ve crossed, O let my people go! Pharaoh, shall in the deep be lost, O let my people go! The sea before you shall divide, O let my people go! You’ll cross dryshod to the other side, O let my people go! Fear not King Pharaoh or his host, O let my people go! They all shall in the sea be lost, O let my people go! They’ll sink like lead to rise no more, O let my people go! And you’ll hear a shout on the other shore, O let my people go! The firey cloud shall lead the way O let my people go! A light by night, a shade by day, O let my people go! Jordan shall stand up like a wall, O let my people go! And the walls of Jeri cho shall fall, O let my people go! Your foes shall not before you stans, O let my people go! And you’ll posses fair Canaan’s land, O let my people go! O let us all from bondage flee, O let my people go! And let us all in Christ by free, O let my people go! This world's a wilderness of woe, O let my people go! O let me all to glory go, O let my people go!