God promised to lead His children out of bondage

He said He'd free them from Pharaoh's evil hand

He said He'd guide and

protect them on their journey

And lead them to the promised land



God's children were slaves in Egypt land

So God took Moses by the hand

He said "Moses, tell old Pharaoh to set 'em free"

But Moses want the way to get out

'Cause in his mind he's beginning to doubt

And he said, "Lord, old Pharaoh, he ain't gonna listen to me"



Then the Lord said, "Son, throw down that rod"

And Moses did and he cried to God

Because it turned to a snake, as evil

and wicked as sin

Then cried again with an awful wail

And the Lord said, "Seize him by the tail"

And Moses did and it turned to a rod again



God promised to lead His children out of bondage

He said He'd free them from Pharaoh's evil hand

He said He'd guide and

protect them on their journey

And lead them to the promised land



Now, the Lord said, "Moses, I've got the power

And I'll be with you every hour

Go tell Pharaoh, set my children free"

But Moses did the Lord helped out

He sent a plague to the land about

'Til Pharaoh told him, to go and let him be



So the started out with a cloud by day

And a fire by night for to lead the way

But suddenly Pharaoh decided to change his mind

So he gathered together his soldier band

Led all the chariots throughout the land

Said, "I'll let them Israelites go some other time"



God promised to lead His children out of bondage

He said He'd free them from Pharaoh's evil hand

He said He'd guide and

protect them on their journey

And lead them to the promised land



When they came to the banks of the ocean blue

They turned to Moses and said

"What do we do?"

Old Moses fell down on his knees

there in the sand

Then the Lord said, "Moses, trust in God

And all you gotta do is raise that rod

And over those mighty waters

stretch out your hand"



So Moses followed the Lord's command

And the waters parted and there in the sand

They saw a path that led to the other shore

Well, the ground was dry and

they walked on through

And Pharaoh's army thought they would too

And the waters fell, and they aint' never been seen

no more



God promised to lead His children out of bondage

He said He'd free them from Pharaoh's evil hand

He said He'd guide and

protect them on their journey

And lead them to the promised land