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Go Down Moses - Lyrics
GO DOWN MOSES
Louis Armstrong[ Go down, Moses, way1 down in Egypt land
Tell old Pharohs to let my people go]When Israel was in Egypt land
Let my people go
Oppressed2 so hard they could not stand3
Let my people go[ Go down, Moses, way down in Egypt land
Tell old Pharohs to let my people go ]
So Moses went to Egypt land
Let my people go
He made old Pharaoh understand
Let my people go[ Go down, Moses, way down in Egypt land
Tell old Pharohs to let my people go ]Thus4 spoke the Lord, bold5 Moses said,
Let my people go
If not I'll smite6 your firstborn dead
Let my people go[ Go down, Moses, way down in Egypt land
Tell old Pharohs to let my people go ]The Lord told Moses what to do,
Let my people go,
To lead7 the Hebrew children through,
Let my people go.[ Go down, Moses, way down in Egypt land
Tell old Pharohs to let my people go ]When they reached the other shore8,
Let my people go,
They sang a song of triumph o'er,
Let my people go.[ Go down, Moses, way down in Egypt land
Tell old Pharohs to let my people go ]Listen to the reading of the text
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1 - way : very / far
Ex : way up in the sky = very high in the sky
2 - to oppress : to treat with cruelty
3 - to stand : to tolerate
4 - thus : like this,
5 - bold : brave
6 - to smite : to hit very hard
To smite dead : To smite someone until he dies.
7 - to lead through : to guide through
Ex : The leader leads his people through the desert
8 - shore : piece of land next to the sea
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