Go Down, Moses

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Score parts: SOPRANO ALTO; TENOR BASS. Opening key signature: 2 flats (B♭ major). Opening time signature: 4/4. Estimated playback time: 32 sec. Listen while following the notation, adjust playback speed, or open this score in practice mode.

Duration (approx.)
32 sec
Score parts
SOPRANO ALTO; TENOR BASS
Opening key signature
2 flats (B♭ major)
Opening time signature
4/4
Genre
folk

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When Israel was in Egypt's land, Let my people go, oppressed so hard they could not stand, Let my people go. Go down, Moses, way down in Egypt's land, tell old Pharaoh: Let my people go. The Lord told Moses what to do, to lead the Hebrew children through, As Israel stood by the waterside, at God's command it did divide, When they had reached the other shore, they let the song of triumph soar, Lord, help us all from bondage flee, and let us all in Christ be free,