Lift Every Voice and Sing II 228
Go Down, Moses
- Tune
- [when israel was in egypt’s land]
- Composer(s)
- Horace Clarence Boyer (b. 1935)
- Text Source(s)
- Traditional
- Tune Source(s)
- Negro Spiritual
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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 The Lord told Moses what to do, let my people go; To lead the children of Israel through, let my people go. [Refrain]
3 They journeyed on at his command, let my people go; And come at length to Canaan’s land, let my people go. [Refrain]
4 Oh, let us all from bondage flee, let my people go; And let us all in Christ be free, let my people go. [Refrain]