{"id":7431,"date":"2012-04-01T06:15:24","date_gmt":"2012-04-01T10:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/?p=7431"},"modified":"2019-11-07T17:59:54","modified_gmt":"2019-11-07T21:59:54","slug":"let-my-people-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/?p=7431","title":{"rendered":"Let My People Go!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden\/php\/images\/Let_My_People_Go.jpg\" width=\"500\/\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"audio\">\n<div class=\"alignright caption\"> <a href=\"?page_id=6069\">How do I download this Mp3?<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"audio_link\"> Mp3: <a href=\"http:\/\/ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden\/php\/music\/Let_My_People_Go.mp3\">Let My People Go &#8211; Click To Play<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"about\">\nOne of the greatest spirituals, just in time for Passover and Easter!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"lyrics-header\">Lyrics:<\/div>\n<div class=\"lyrics\">\nWhen Israel was in Egypt&#8217;s Land<br \/>\nLet my people go<br \/>\nOpressed so hard they could not stand<br \/>\nLet my people go.<\/p>\n<p>Chorus:<br \/>\n[Gm] Go down, [Cm] Moses<br \/>\n[Gm] Way down in Egypt&#8217;s Land.<br \/>\nTell ol&#8217; [Cm] Pharoah<br \/>\n[D7] Let my people [Gm] go.<\/p>\n<p>Thus saith the Lord, bold Moses said<br \/>\nLet my people go<br \/>\nIf not, I&#8217;ll smite your first-born dead<br \/>\nLet my people go.<\/p>\n<p>Chorus:<br \/>\nGo down, Moses<br \/>\nWay down in Egypt&#8217;s Land.<br \/>\nTell ol&#8217; Pharoah<br \/>\nLet my people go.<\/p>\n<p>No more shall they in bondage toil<br \/>\nLet my people go<br \/>\nLet them come out with Egypt&#8217;s spoil<br \/>\nLet my people go.<\/p>\n<p>Chorus:<br \/>\nGo down, Moses<br \/>\nWay down in Egypt&#8217;s Land.<br \/>\nTell ol&#8217; Pharoah<br \/>\nLet my people go.<\/p>\n<p>The Lord told Moses what to do<br \/>\nLet my people go<br \/>\nTo lead the Hebrew children through<br \/>\nLet my people go.<\/p>\n<p>Chorus:<br \/>\nGo down, Moses<br \/>\nWay down in Egypt&#8217;s Land.<br \/>\nTell ol&#8217; Pharoah<br \/>\nLet my people go.<\/p>\n<p>O come along Moses, you&#8217;ll not get lost<br \/>\nLet my people go<br \/>\nStretch out your rod and come across<br \/>\nLet my people go.<\/p>\n<p>Chorus:<br \/>\nGo down, Moses<br \/>\nWay down in Egypt&#8217;s Land.<br \/>\nTell ol&#8217; Pharoah<br \/>\nLet my people go.<\/p>\n<p>As Israel stood by the waterside<br \/>\nLet my people go<br \/>\nAt God&#8217;s command it did divide<br \/>\nLet my people go.<\/p>\n<p>Chorus:<br \/>\nGo down, Moses<br \/>\nWay down in Egypt&#8217;s Land.<br \/>\nTell ol&#8217; Pharoah<br \/>\nLet my people go.<\/p>\n<p>When they reached the other shore<br \/>\nLet my people go<br \/>\nThey sang a song of triumph o&#8217;er<br \/>\nLet my people go.<\/p>\n<p>Chorus:<br \/>\nGo down, Moses<br \/>\nWay down in Egypt&#8217;s Land.<br \/>\nTell ol&#8217; Pharoah<br \/>\nLet my people go.<\/p>\n<p>Pharaoh said he&#8217;d go across<br \/>\nLet my people go<br \/>\nBut Pharaoh and his host were lost<br \/>\nLet my people go.<\/p>\n<p>Chorus:<br \/>\nGo down, Moses<br \/>\nWay down in Egypt&#8217;s Land.<br \/>\nTell ol&#8217; Pharoah<br \/>\nLet my people go.<\/p>\n<p>Jordan shall stand up like a wall<br \/>\nLet my people go<br \/>\nAnd the walls of Jericho shall fall<br \/>\nLet my people go.<\/p>\n<p>Chorus:<br \/>\nGo down, Moses<br \/>\nWay down in Egypt&#8217;s Land.<br \/>\nTell ol&#8217; Pharoah<br \/>\nLet my people go.<\/p>\n<p>Your foes shall not before you stand<br \/>\nLet my people go<br \/>\nAnd you&#8217;ll possess fair Canaan&#8217;s land<br \/>\nLet my people go.<\/p>\n<p>Chorus:<br \/>\nGo down, Moses<br \/>\nWay down in Egypt&#8217;s Land.<br \/>\nTell ol&#8217; Pharoah<br \/>\nLet my people go.<\/p>\n<p>O let us all from bondage flee<br \/>\nLet my people go<br \/>\nAnd let us all in Christ be free<br \/>\nLet my people go.<\/p>\n<p>Chorus:<br \/>\nGo down, Moses<br \/>\nWay down in Egypt&#8217;s Land.<br \/>\nTell ol&#8217; Pharoah<br \/>\nLet my people go.<\/p>\n<p>We need not always weep and mourn<br \/>\nLet my people go<br \/>\nAnd wear these slavery chains forlorn<br \/>\nLet my people go.<\/p>\n<p>Chorus:<br \/>\nGo down, Moses<br \/>\nWay down in Egypt&#8217;s Land.<br \/>\nTell ol&#8217; Pharoah<br \/>\nLet my people go.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script src=\"http:\/\/digg.com\/tools\/diggthis.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do I download this Mp3? Mp3: Let My People Go &#8211; Click To Play One of the greatest spirituals, just in time for Passover and Easter! Lyrics: When Israel was in Egypt&#8217;s Land Let my people go Opressed so hard they could not stand Let my people go. 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