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Artist: Paul Robeson
Canonical path: /paul-robeson/go-down-moses
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Go Down Moses
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Go Down Moses
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When Israel was in egypt land
Let my people go!
Oppressed so hard they could not stand
Let my people go!
Go down, moses
Way down in egypt land
Tell old pharao
To let my people go!
Thus spoke the lord, bold moses said
Let my people go!
If not I'll smite your first-born dead!
Let my people go!
Go down
Your foes shall not before you stand
Let my people go!
And you'll possess fair canaan's land
Let my people go!
Go down
You'll not get lost in the wilderness
Let my people go!
With a lighted candle in your breast
Let my people go!
Go down
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Paul Robeson performs "Go Down Moses", and this lyric page sits inside the Paul Robeson catalog on LyroVerse.
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Yes. The related section below points to Anthem Of The Ussr and Loch Lomond with a short reason for opening each page next.
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