Hymns of Truth and Light ‎#497

497. When Israel Was in Egypt's Land

Text Information

• First Line: When Israel was in Egypt's land
• Title: When Israel Was in Egypt's Land
• Refrain First Line: Go down, Moses
• Meter: 85.85 w. refrain
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1998
• Scripture:
  Exodus 3:7-12
  ;
  Exodus 8:1
  ;
  Exodus 14:15-18
  ;
  Exodus 15:20-21
  ;
  Psalm 136:10-16
• Topic: Bible: Nature of, Prophets and Stories; Freedom and Liberation; God: Justice and Righteousness; Justice
• Source: African-American spiritual

Tune Information

• Name: GO DOWN MOSES
• Refrain Harm: Melva Costen (1990, adapt.)
• Meter: 85.85 w. refrain
• Key: f minor
• Source: African-American spiritual
• Copyright: Refrain harm. © 1990 Melva Costen, adapt.

Text Information:

In the words of Martin Luther King, 'The freedom songs...keep alive a faith, a radiant hope in the future, particularly in our most trying hours'