Oye, Padre

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El pueblo gime en su dolor

Tune: GO DOWN MOSES
Published in 3 hymnals

Piano/Organ
	Four Spiritual Preludes

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First Line:	El pueblo gime en su dolor
Title:	Oye, Padre
Source:	Tradicional
Language:	Spanish
Refrain First Line:	Oye, Padre, el grito de tu pueblo

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Tune

GO DOWN MOSES

The spiritual is in the call-and-response pattern: a leader sings the verses with some rhythmic freedom, either unaccompanied or with only light accompaniment; the entire congregation sings the phrases "Let my people go!" and the refrain, probably in harmony. That practice fits well for stanzas 1-4,…

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