Go down, Moses
Language: English
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 Pharaoh 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 Pharaoh To let my people go!
E. Zeisl sets stanza 1
Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Harry Thacker Burleigh (1866 - 1949), "Go down, Moses", 1917 [ voice and piano ], arrangement [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Erich Zeisl (1905 - 1959), "Go down, Moses", stanza 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
Set in a modified version by Florence Bea Price.
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website: 2012-01-13
Line count: 16
Word count: 79