Go Down, Moses | Text of the Poem

Go down, Moses
’Way down in Egypt land,
Tell ole Pharaoh,
To let my people go.

When Israel was in Egypt’s land;     5
Let my people go,
Oppressed so hard they could not stand,
Let my people go.
“Thus spoke the Lord,” bold Moses said;

Let my people go,     10
If not I’ll smite your first born dead,
Let my people go.

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