Pharaoh Pharaoh, Oh Baby Let My People Go
Or, if Moses was to sing his plea to the Pharaoh, it might have sounded something like this [ play recording ]:
Pharaoh, Pharaoh
CHORUS:
Pharaoh, Pharaoh
Oh baby! Gotta let my people go! HUH!
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!
Singin' Pharaoh, Pharaoh
Oh baby! Gotta let my people go! HUH!
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!
A burnin' bush told me just the other day
that I should come over here and stay.
Gotta get my people outta Pharaoh's hands
Gotta lead my people to the Promised Land.
CHORUS
The Nile turned to blood! There were darkened black skies!
Gnats and frogs! There were locusts and flies!
The first born died, causing Egypt to grieve,
Finally Pharaoh said, "Y'all can leave!"
CHORUS
Me and my people goin' to the Red Sea
Pharaoh's army's comin' after me.
I raised my rod, stuck it in the sand
All of God's people walked across the dry land.
CHORUS
Pharaoh's army was a comin' too.
So what do you think that I did do?
Well, I raised my rod and I cleared my throat
All of Pharaoh's army did the dead man's float.
CHORUS
Lyrics: Author unknown, 2nd verse lyrics: John Wilkie
Music: Louie Louie by Christine Ellen Kerr, EMI Music Inc.
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