Refrain:
Go down, Moses, way down in Egypt land
Tell old Pharaoh, Let my people go.
2. Thus saith the Lord, bold Moses said,
Let my people go;
If not I'll smite your first-born dead,
Let my people go.
[Continue, repeating "Let my people go" after every line and the "Go down, Moses..." refrain after every verse]
3. No more shall they in bondage toil,
Let them come out with Egypt's spoil,
4. When Israel out of Egypt came,
And left the proud oppressive land,
5. O, 'twas a dark and dismal night,
When Moses led the Israelites,
6. 'Twas good old Moses and Aaron, too,
'Twas they that led the armies through
7. The Lord told Moses what to do,
To lead the children of Israel through,
8. O come along, Moses, you'll not get lost,
Stretch out your rod and come across,
9. As Israel stood by the waterside,
At the command of God it did divide,
10. When they reached the other shore,
They sang a song of triumph o'er,
11. Pharaoh said he would go across,
But Pharaoh and his host were lost,
12. O, Moses, the cloud shall cleave the way,
A fire by night, a shade by day,
13. You'll not get lost in the wilderness,
With a lighted candle in your breast, |
14. Jordan shall stand up, like a wall,
And the walls of Jericho shall fall,
15. Your foes shall not before you stand,
And you'll possess fair Canaan's land
16. 'Twas just about in harvest time,
When Joshua led his host divine,
17. O let us all from bondage flee,
And let us all in Christ be free,
18. We need not always weep and moan,
And wear these slavery chains forlorn,
19. This world's a wilderness of woe,
O, let us on to Canaan go,
20. What a beautiful morning that will be,
When time breaks up in eternity,
21. O brethren, brethren, you'd better be engaged,
For the Devil he's out on a big rampage,
22. The Devil he thought he had me fast,
But I thought I'd break his chains at last,
23. O take your shoes from off your feet,
And walk into the golden street
24. I'll tell you what I like the best,
It is the shouting Methodist
25. I do believe without a doubt,
That a Christian has the right to shout. |
