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Thread #129086   Message #2897715
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
30-Apr-10 - 09:28 PM
Thread Name: Jubilee Songs, Fisk Jubilee Singers
Subject: Did Not Old Pharoah Get Lost?
No. 61. Did Not Old Pharoah Get Lost?

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Isaac a ransom, while he lay
Upon an altar bound,
Moses, an infant cast away,
By Pharoah's daughter found.

Chorus:
Did not old Pharoah get lost, get lost, get lost,
Did not old Pharoah get lost, in the Red Sea?

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Joseph, by his false brethren sold,
God raised above them all;
To Hannah's child the Lord foretold
How Eli's house should fall.
Cho.
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The Lord said unto Moses,
Go unto Pharoah now,
For I have hardened Pharoah's heart,
To me he will not bow.
Cho.
4
Then Moses and Aaron,
To Pharoah did go,
Thus says the God of Israel,
Let my people go.
Cho.
5
Old Pharoah said who is the Lord,
That I should Him obey?
His name it is Jehovah,
For He hears his people pray.
Cho.
6
Then Moses numbered Israel,
Through all the land abroad,
Saying, children, do not murmur,
But hear the word of God.
Cho.
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Hark! hear the children murmur,
They cried aloud for bread,
Down came the hidden manna,
The hungry soldiers fed.
Cho.
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Then Moses said to Israel,
As they stood along the shore,
Your enemies you see today,
You will never see no more.
Cho.
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Then down came raging Pharoah,
That you may plainly see,
Old Pharoah and his host
Got lost in the Red Sea.
Cho.
10
Then men, and women, and children
To Moses they did flock;
They cried aloud for water,
And Moses smote the rock.
Cho.
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And the Lord spoke to Moses,
From Sinai's smoking top,
Saying, Moses, lead the people,
Till I shall bid you stop.
Cho.