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Elisabeth Gerle: Go Down Moses
Go Down Moses
Text ock musik: Trad. Ärr: Bo Hansson (Manus)
When Israel was in Egypt's Land, Let my people go, Opressed so hard they could not stand, Let my people go.
Chorus Go down, Moses, Way down in Egypt's Land. Tell ol' Pharoah, To let my people go.
Thus saith the Lord, bold Moses said, Let my people go, If not, I'll smite your first-born dead, Let my people go.
1988. All rights reserved.
'"Go Down Moses" is an American Negro spiritual. It describes events in the Old Testament of the Bible, specifically Exodus 5:1: "And the Lord spoke unto Moses, go unto Pharaoh, and say unto him, thus saith the Lord, Let my people go, that they may serve me", in which God commands Moses to demand the release of the Israelites from bondage in Egypt. Although usually thought of as a spiritual, the earliest recorded use of the song was as a rallying anthem for the Contrabands at Fort Monroe sometime before July 1862. Early authorities presumed it was composed by them. Sheet music was soon after published, titled "Oh! Let My People Go: The Song of the Contrabands" and arranged by Horace Waters. L.C. Lockwood, chaplain of the Contrabands, stated in the sheet music the song was from Virginia, dating from about 1853. The song was made famous by Paul Robeson' in 1975. Source: Wikipedia.
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