When Israel was in Egypt’s land,

– Let my people go –

oppressed so hard they could not stand.

– Let my people go –

Go down, Moses,

way down in Egypt’s land,

tell old Pharaoh:

«Let my people go».

«Thus spoke the Lord», bold Moses said,

«If not I’ll smite your first-born dead».

«Your foes shall not before you stand,

and you’ll possess fair Canaan’s land».