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 ]

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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