Moses (rough mix 6)

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Rough mix of basic tracks, produced by David Gans and Jeremy Goody, engineered by Goody at Goody Sound. Personnel:
 David Gans on guitars Dan Brodnitz on piano Myles Boisen on pedal steel and lap steel Joe Kyle Jr. on upright bass Joe Craven on mandolin and percussion Christian Crumlish on vocals Moses (Took Us to the Water)
 © 2022 At Swim-Two-Birds Music Well now, Moses took us to the water (uh hmm) Moses took us to the water (uh hmm) Yes when Moses took us to the water, it was Like leading lambs to slaughter Moses took us to the water, yes he did Pharaoh sent us off to catch him (oh yeah) Well, that Pharaoh set us to catch them (uh hmmm) So when Pharaoh sent us off to catch him then we All got drownded when the waves came crashing When Pharaoh sent us off to catch him (yes sir) (first plague) Well, Pharaoh made Ra angry, uh-hm Yes, Pharaoh made Ra angry, yes he did Turned Iteru into blood, fish guts poisoning the flood Somehow Pharaoh made Ra angry, uh-hm (second and third plagues) Well, the river frogs that swarmed were bad enough Yes, the frogs that swarmed up on us were enough Until our bodies teemed with fleas from our heads down past our knees But the river frogs that swarmed were bad enough (fourth and fifth plagues) Then our goats, and pigs were dyin’, uh-hm Cattle, goats and pigs were dyin’, oh no When wild wolves they took their lives, or the pestilential flies And our livestock just kept dying, uh-hmm (sixth and seventh plagues) There was soot that gave us boils, uh-hmm Yes, it gave us painful boils, yes it did Then the lightning, hail and fire only took our suff'rin’ higher When the coal-soot gave us boils, uh-hmm (eighth and ninth plagues) Well, the locusts all descended from the sky Endless locusts kept descending from the sky When the darkness fell for three days straight we shuddered at our curséd fate As the locusts kept descending from the sky (tenth plague) Then I woke up and my firstborn son was gone, uh-hmm Yes, I woke up and I found my son was gone, that’s right Told us Moses was to blame, Pharaoh’s boy died just the same When I woke and my firstborn son was gone Six hundred chariots followed him on down Six hundred o’ the best chariots followed him down Oh, Six hundred chariots followed him down And none came back when we all did drowned And the officers of Kemet all went down Well now, Moses took us to the water (uh hmm) Moses took us to the water (uh hmm) Well, when Moses took us to the water, it was Like leading lambs to slaughter Moses took us to the water, yes he did Yes when Moses took us to the water, it was Like leading lambs to slaughter When Moses took us to the water, uh-hmm 'Cause when Moses took us to the water, it was Like leading lambs to slaughter When Moses took us to the water.… Words and music by Christian Crumlish.

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