Go down, Moses (Traditional)
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- Contributor: David Newman (submitted 2008-07-11). Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 125 kbytes Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Cross posting by Art Song Central.
General Information
Title: Go down, Moses (Let my people go!)
Composer: Harry T. Burleigh (arr.) (1866-1949)
Lyricist: Traditional
Number of voices: 1v Voicing: Solo Baritone
Genre: Sacred, Spiritual
Language: German
Instruments: Piano
Published: Individual song, © 1917 G. Ricordi & Co.
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Original text and translations
English text
- When Israel was in Egypt's lan',
- Let my people go.
- Oppress'd so hard they could not stand,
- Let my people go.
- Go down, Moses,
- 'Way down in Egypt's lan',
- Tell ole Pharoh to 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, Moses,
- 'Way down in Egypt's lan',
- Tell ole Pharah to let my people go.
Note: "Pharah" is as in the score.
