[**I wouldn't have done it this way, but it looks good, so I leave it to PP to decide. :) F2's going to tweak it back into (1) more like the usual form in this book, and (2) unambiguously expressing the exact sequence of words.]
No. 61. Did not old Pharaoh get lost?
1. Isaac a ransom, while he lay
Upon an altar bound,
Moses, an infant cast away,
By Pharaoh's daughter found.
Chorus. [Signo.]
Did not old Pharaoh get lost, get lost, get lost,
Did not old Pharaoh get lost in the Red sea? [D. S.]
2. Joseph, by his false brethren sold,
God raised above them all;
To Hannah's child the Lord foretold
How Eli's house should fall.
Cho.—Did not old Pharaoh, &c.
3. The Lord said unto Moses,
Go unto Pharaoh now,
For I have hardened Pharaoh's heart,
To me he will not bow.
Cho.—Did not old Pharaoh, &c.
4. Then Moses and Aaron,
To Pharaoh did go,
Thus says the God of Israel,
Let my people go.
Cho.—Did not old Pharaoh, &c.
5. Old Pharaoh said who is the Lord,
That I should Him obey?
His name it is Jehovah,
For he hears his people pray.
Cho.—Did not old Pharaoh, &c.
6. Then Moses numbered Israel,
Through all the land abroad,
Saying, children, do not murmur,
But hear the word of God.
Cho.—Did not old Pharaoh, &c.
7. Hark! hear the children murmur,
They cried aloud for bread,
Down came the hidden manna,
The hungry soldiers fed.
Cho.—Did not old Pharaoh, &c.
8. Then Moses said to Israel,
As they stood along the shore,
Your enemies you see to-day,
You will never see no more.
Cho.—Did not old Pharaoh, &c.
9. Then down came raging Pharaoh,
That you may plainly see,
Old Pharaoh and his host,
Got lost in the Red Sea.
Cho.—Did not old Pharaoh, &c.
10. Then men, and women, and children.
To Moses they did flock;
They cried aloud for water,
And Moses smote the rock.
Cho.—Did not old Pharaoh, &c.
11. And the Lord spoke to Moses,
From Sinai's smoking top,
Saying, Moses, lead the people,
Till I shall bid you stop.
Cho.—Did not old Pharaoh, &c.
