Go down, Moses
Language: English
When Israel was in [Egypt's lan']1 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']1, Tell [ole]2 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
1 Zeisl: "Egypt land"
2 Zeisl: "the"
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: 75