LYRICS
| Meter: |
| Writer(s): | Traditional Spiritual
| Transl/Adapt: |
| Dates: | 1987
| Bible Refs: | Ex 5:1
| American Catholic Hymnbook
| 1992
| 181
| Church Hymnal (Church of Ireland) 2000
| 2000
| 679
| Hymnal - A Worship Book
| 1992
| 164
| Presbyterian Hymn Book
| 1990
| 334
| The Hymn Book of Angl & Unit Ch Canada
| 1971
| 143
| The Hymnal 1982
| 1982
| 648
|
MUSIC
| Name: | GO DOWN MOSES
| | Meter: |
| Writer(s): | Traditional Spiritual
| Dates: |
|  American Catholic Hymnbook
| 181
| No key
| |
| 1. When Israel was in Egypt's land,
Let my people go!
Oppressed so hard
they could not stand,
Let my people go!
Refrain.
Go down, Moses,
Way down in Egypt's land.
Tell old Pharaoh
To let my people go!
2. Thus spoke the Lord,"
bold Moses said
"Let my people go!
If not, I'll smite
your firstborn dead.
Let my people go!"
Refrain.
Go down, Moses,
Way down in Egypt's land.
Tell old Pharaoh
To let my people go!
3. No more shall they
in bondage toil
Let my people go!
Let them come out
with Egypt's spoil
Let my people go!
Refrain.
Go down, Moses,
Way down in Egypt's land.
Tell old Pharaoh
To let my people go!
4. The Lord told Moses what to do
Let my people go!
To lead the Hebrew
children through
Let my people go!
Refrain.
Go down, Moses,
Way down in Egypt's land.
Tell old Pharaoh
To let my people go!
5. O come along Moses,
myou'll not get lost
Let my people go!
Stretch out your rod
and come across.
Let my people go!
Refrain.
Go down, Moses,
Way down in Egypt's land.
Tell old Pharaoh
To let my people go!
6. As Israel stood by the water side
Let my people go!
At God's command it did divide
Let my people go!
Refrain.
Go down, Moses,
Way down in Egypt's land.
Tell old Pharaoh
To let my people go!
7. When they reached
the other shore
Let my people go!
They sang a song of triumph o'er
Let my people go!
Refrain.
Go down, Moses,
Way down in Egypt's land.
Tell old Pharaoh
To let my people go!
8. Pharaoh said he'd go across
Let my people go!
But Pharaoh and
his host were lost
Let my people go!
Refrain.
Go down, Moses,
Way down in Egypt's land.
Tell old Pharaoh
To let my people go!
9. O let us all from bondage flee
Let my people go!
And let us all in Christ be free
Let my people go!
Refrain.
Go down, Moses,
Way down in Egypt's land.
Tell old Pharaoh
To let my people go!
10. You need not always
weep and mourn
Let my people go!
And wear these
slav'ry chains forlorn
Let my people go!
Refrain.
Go down, Moses,
Way down in Egypt's land.
Tell old Pharaoh
To let my people go!
11. Your foes shall not
before you stand
Let my people go!
And you'll possess
fair Canaan's land.
Let my people go!
Refrain.
Go down, Moses,
Way down in Egypt's land.
Tell old Pharaoh
To let my people go!
|
