Performed on new/7/9\r<br>Conductor：Fang-Pei Tracy Lien 連芳貝\r<br>Choral arrangement：Fang-Pei Tracy Lien 連芳貝\r<br>Orchestra arrangement：Koji Sakurai 櫻井弘二\r<br>Composer：Stephen Schwarz\r<br>\r<br>e-mail：ntuchorus@hotmail.com\r<br>\r<br>(Hebrew slaves)\r<br>Mud! Sand! Water! Straw!\r<br>(Egyptian guards)\r<br>Faster!\r<br>(Hebrew slaves)\r<br>Mud! And lift! Sand! And pull\r<br>Water! And raise up! Straw!\r<br>(Egyptian guards)\r<br>Faster!\r<br>\r<br>(Hebrew slaves)\r<br>With the sting of the whip on my shoulder,\r<br>With the salt of my sweat on my brow.\r<br>Elohim, God on high,\r<br>Can you hear your people cry?\r<br>Help us now, this dark hour.\r<br>\r<br>Deliver us. Hear our call.\r<br>Deliver us. Lord of all, remember us,\r<br>Here in this burning sand.\r<br>Deliver us.\r<br>Theres a land you promised us.\r<br>Deliver us to the promised land.\r<br>\r<br>\r<br>(Moses mother)\r<br> ילדי הטוב והרך Yaldi hatov ve harach\r<br>אל תירא ואל תפחד Al tira ve al tifchad\r<br>My son, I have nothing I can give\r<br>But this chance that you may live.\r<br>I pray well meet again,\r<br>If He will deliver us.\r<br>\r<br>(Hebrew slaves)\r<br>Hear our prayer.\r<br>Deliver us from despair.\r<br>These years of slavery grow\r<br>Too cruel to stand.\r<br>Deliver us.\r<br>Theres a land you promised us.\r<br>Deliver us out of bondage and\r<br>Deliver us to the promised land\r<br>\r<br>(Moses mother)\r<br>Hush now, my baby\r<br>Be still, love, dont cry.\r<br>Sleep as youre rocked by the stream.\r<br>Sleep and remember my last lullaby,\r<br>So Ill be with you when you dream.\r<br>River, o river, flow gently for me,\r<br>Such precious cargo you bear.\r<br>Do you know somewhere he can live free?\r<br>River, deliver him there.\r<br>\r<br>(Moses sister)\r<br>Brother, youre safe now\r<br>And safe may you stay,\r<br>For I have a prayer just for you,\r<br>Grow, baby brother,\r<br>Come back someday.\r<br>Come and deliver us too.\r<br>\r<br>(Hebrew slaves)\r<br>Deliver us\r<br>Send a sheperd to sheperd us\r<br>And deliver us to the promised land.
