When
Israel was in Egypt lan’ , Let my people go;
Oppressed
so hard she could not stan’, Let my people go
Go down,
Moses, way down in Egypt lan’
Tell
ol’ Pharaoh, To let my people go.
Thus
spake the Lord, bold Moses said, Let my people go,
If not,
I’ll smite yo’ firs’born dead, Let my
people go,