No. 19. Go Down, Moses

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When Israel was in Egypt's land:
Let my people go,
Oppress'd so hard they could not stand,
Let my people go.

Chorus:
Go down, Moses,
Way down in Egypt land,
Tell ole Pharoah,
Let my people go.

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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, Moses, etc.
3
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, Moses, etc.
4
When Israel out of Egypt came,
Let my people go;
And left the proud opressive land,
Let my people go.
Go down, Moses, etc.
5
O, 'twas a dark and dismal night,
Let my people go;
When Moses led the Israelites,
Let my people go.
Go, down, Moses, etc.
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'Twas good old Moses and Aaron, too,
Let my people go;
'Twas they that led the armies through,
Let my people go.
Go down, Moses, etc.
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The Lord told Moses what to do,
Let my people go;
To lead the children of Israel through,
Let my people go.
Go down, Moses, etc.
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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, Moses, etc.
9
As Israel stood by the water side,
Let my people go;
At the command of God it did divide,
Let my people go.
Go down, Moses, etc.
10
When they had reached the other shore,
Let my people go;
They sang a song of triumph o'er,
Let my people go.
Go down, Moses, etc.
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Pharoah said he would go across,
Let my people go;
But pharoah and his host were lost,
Let my people go.
Go down, Moses, etc.
12
O Moses, the cloud shall cleave the way,
Let my people go;
A fire by night, a shade by day,
Let my people go.
Go down, Moses, etc.
13
You'll not get lost in the wilderness,
Let my people go;
With a lighted candle in your breast,
Let my people go.
Go down, Moses, etc.
14
Jordan shall stand up like a wall,
Let my people go;
And the walls of Jerico shall fall,
Let my people go.
Go down, Moses, etc.
15
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, Moses, etc.
16
'Twas just about in harvest time,
Let my people go;
When Joshua led his host divine,
Let my people go.
Go down, Moses, etc.
17
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, Moses, etc.
18
We need not always weep and moan,
Let my people go;
And wear these slavery chains forlorn,
Let my people go.
Go down, Moses, etc.
19
This world's a wilderness of woe,
Let my people go;
O, let us on to Canaan go,
Let my people go.
Go down, Moses, etc.
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What a beautiful morning that will be,
Let my people go;
When time breaks up in eternity,
Let my people go.
Go down, Moses, etc.
21
O brethren, brethren, you'd better be engaged,
Let my people go;
For the devil he's out on a big rampage,
Let my people go.
Go down, Moses, etc.
22
The Devil he thought he had me fast,
Let my people go;
But I thought I'd break his chains at last,
Let my people go.
Go down, Moses, etc.
23
O take your shoes from off your feet,
Let my people go;
And walk into the golden street,
Let my people go.
Go down, Moses, etc.
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I'll tell you what I likes de best,
Let my people go;
It is the shouting Methodist,
Let my people go.
Go down, Moses, etc.
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I do believe without a doubt,
Let my people go;
That a Christian has the right to shout,
Let my people go.
Go down, Moses, etc.