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Go Down Moses
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When Israel was in Egypt's land,
Let my people go!
Oppressed so hard they could not stand,
Let my people go!
Ref.: Go down, Moses,
Way down in Egypt's land.
Tell old Pharaoh
To let my people go!
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"Thus spoke the Lord," bold Moses said
"Let my people go!
If not, I'll smite your firstborn dead.
Let my people go!
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No more shall they in bondage toil
Let my people go!
Let them come out with Egypt's spoil
Let my people go!
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The Lord told Moses what to do
Let my people go!
To lead the Hebrew children through
Let my people go!
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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!
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As Israel stood by the water side
Let my people go!
At God's command it did divide
Let my people go!
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When they reached the other shore
Let my people go!
They sang a song of triumph o'er
Let my people go!
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Pharaoh said he'd go across
Let my people go!
But Pharaoh and his host were lost
Let my people go!
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O let us all from bondage flee
Let my people go!
And let us all in Christ be free
Let my people go!
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You need not always weep and mourn
Let my people go!
And wear these slav'ry chains forlorn
Let my people go!
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Your foes shall not before you stand
Let my people go!
And you'll possess fair Canaan's land.
Let my people go!
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