Various Artists - Pharaoh, Pharaoh (Original Version) lyrics

[Chorus] Pharaoh, Pharaoh Oh baby let my people go! Yeah, yeah, yeah... Pharaoh, Pharaoh Oh baby let my people go! [Verse 1] Well, the burning bush told me just the other day That I should come over here and say Got to get my people out of Pharaoh's hand And lead them on over to the Promised Land [Chorus] Pharaoh, Pharaoh Oh baby let my people go! Yeah, yeah, yeah... Pharaoh, Pharaoh Oh baby let my people go! [Verse 2] Well, all of God's people came to the Red Sea With Pharaoh's army coming after me I raised my rod, stuck it in the sand And all of God's people walked across dry land [Chorus] Pharaoh, Pharaoh Oh baby let my people go! Yeah, yeah, yeah... Pharaoh, Pharaoh Oh baby let my people go! [Verse 3] Well, all of Pharaoh's army was coming too So what do you think that I did do? I raised my rod and cleared my throat And all of Pharaoh's army did the dead man's float [Chorus] Pharaoh, Pharaoh Oh babe you shoulda let us go! Yeah, yeah, yeah... Pharaoh, Pharaoh Oh babe you shoulda let us go! [Verse 4] A few months later we decided to stop Moses climbed up on the mountaintop So we pitched out tents and set up our cots And Moses came back with lots of 'Thou Shalt Nots' Chorus: Pharaoh, Pharaoh Oh baby why'd you let us go? No, no, no Pharaoh, Pharaoh Oh baby why'd you let us go? [Verse 5] Forty years later, it's comin' to an end; The Promised Land was just around the bend So Moses climbed up on the mountainside And after he saw it, ol' Moses died