The Negro in the American Rebellion: His Heroism and His Fidelity

by William Wells Brown

Let my people go.

And don’t get lost in the wilderness,

Let my people go.

Chorus—Oh, go down, Moses, &c.

You may hinder me here, but you can’t up there,

Let my people go.

He sits in heaven, and answers prayer,

Let my people go.

Chorus—Oh, go down, Moses, &c.”

After this an old man struck up, in a clear and powerful voice, “I am a free man now: Jesus Christ has made me free!” the company gradually joining in; and, before the close, the whole assemblage was singing in chorus.