Let my people go
Opressed so hard they could not stand
Let my people go.
Chorus:
[Gm] Go down, [Cm] Moses
[Gm] Way down in Egypt’s Land.
Tell ol’ [Cm] Pharoah
[D7] Let my people [Gm] 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.
Chorus:
Go down, Moses
Way down in Egypt’s Land.
Tell ol’ Pharoah
Let my people go.
No more shall they in bondage toil
Let my people go
Let them come out with Egypt’s spoil
Let my people go.
Chorus:
Go down, Moses
Way down in Egypt’s Land.
Tell ol’ Pharoah
Let my people go.
The Lord told Moses what to do
Let my people go
To lead the Hebrew children through
Let my people go.
Chorus:
Go down, Moses
Way down in Egypt’s Land.
Tell ol’ Pharoah
Let my people go.
O come along Moses, you’ll not get lost
Let my people go
Stretch out your rod and come across
Let my people go.
Chorus:
Go down, Moses
Way down in Egypt’s Land.
Tell ol’ Pharoah
Let my people go.
As Israel stood by the waterside
Let my people go
At God’s command it did divide
Let my people go.
Chorus:
Go down, Moses
Way down in Egypt’s Land.
Tell ol’ Pharoah
Let my people go.
When they reached the other shore
Let my people go
They sang a song of triumph o’er
Let my people go.
Chorus:
Go down, Moses
Way down in Egypt’s Land.
Tell ol’ Pharoah
Let my people go.
Pharaoh said he’d go across
Let my people go
But Pharaoh and his host were lost
Let my people go.
Chorus:
Go down, Moses
Way down in Egypt’s Land.
Tell ol’ Pharoah
Let my people go.
Jordan shall stand up like a wall
Let my people go
And the walls of Jericho shall fall
Let my people go.
Chorus:
Go down, Moses
Way down in Egypt’s Land.
Tell ol’ Pharoah
Let my people go.
Your foes shall not before you stand
Let my people go
And you’ll possess fair Canaan’s land
Let my people go.
Chorus:
Go down, Moses
Way down in Egypt’s Land.
Tell ol’ Pharoah
Let my people go.
O let us all from bondage flee
Let my people go
And let us all in Christ be free
Let my people go.
Chorus:
Go down, Moses
Way down in Egypt’s Land.
Tell ol’ Pharoah
Let my people go.
We need not always weep and mourn
Let my people go
And wear these slavery chains forlorn
Let my people go.
Chorus:
Go down, Moses
Way down in Egypt’s Land.
Tell ol’ Pharoah
Let my people go.