Evergreens - Lieblingsstücke 133: Go Down Moses

Diese Version von Paul Robeson dürfte den Song erstmals einem breiteren Publikum bekannt gemacht haben.
Immer noch eine der schönesten Interpretationen m.E.



When Israel was in Egypt land,
Let my people go!
Oppressed so hard they could not stand,
Let my people go!
Go down, Moses,
way down in Egypt land,
tell old Pharao
to let my people go!

"Thus spoke the Lord", bold Moses said,
Let my people go!
"If not I'll smite your first-born dead!"
Let my people go!
Go down...

Your foes shall not before you stand,
Let my people go!
and you'll possess fair Canaan's land
Let my people go!
Go down...

You'll not get lost in the wilderness
Let my people go!
with a lighted candle in your breast.
Let my people go!
Go down...

Eine Version mit alternativen Text



The devil has designed my death
And is waiting to be sure
Plenty of his black sheep died
Before he finds a cure

::chorus::
Oh Lord Jesus
Do you think I served my time?
The eight legs of the devil now
Are crawling up my spine

The firm hand
Of the devil now
Is rocking me to sleep
I force my blind eyes open Lord
But I'm sinking in the deep

::chorus::

I go to sleep each evening now
Dreaming of the grave
I see the friends I used to know
Calling out my name

::chorus:: x2

Oh Lord Jesus
Here's the news from the new from the fires below
The eight legs of the devil will not
Let my people go

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L.M.P.G. (Let My People Go)

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