Deliver Us

[OVERSEERS and SLAVES]
Mud!
Sand!
Water!
Straw!
Faster!
Mud - and lift!
Sand - and pull!
Water - and raise up!
Straw!

[GUARD]
Faster!

[SLAVES]
With the sting of the whip on my shoulder
With the salt of my sweat on my brow
Elohim, God on high
Can You hear Your people cry?
Help us now
This dark hour

Deliver us
Hear our call, deliver us
Lord of all, remember us
Here in this burning sand
Deliver us
There's a land You promised us
Deliver us to the Promised Land

[YOCHEVED]
Yal-di ha-tov veh ha-rach
Al ti-ra veh al tif-chad
My son, I have nothing I can give
But this chance that you may live
I pray we'll meet again
If He will deliver us

[SLAVES]
Deliver us
Hear our prayer
Deliver us
From despair
These years of slavery grow too cruel to stand
Deliver us
There's a land You promised us
Deliver us
Out of bondage, and
Deliver us to the Promised Land

[YOCHEVED]
Hush now, my baby
Be still, love, don't cry
Sleep as you're rocked by the stream
Sleep and remember my last lullaby
So I'll be with you when you dream

River, o river
Flow gently for me
Such precious cargo you bear
Do you know somewhere he can live free?
River, deliver him there

[YOUNG MIRIAM]
Brother, you're safe now
And safe may you stay
For I have a prayer just for you
Grow, baby brother
Come back someday
Come and deliver us, too

[SLAVES]
Deliver us
Send a shepherd to shepherd us
And deliver us to the Promised Land
Deliver us to the Promised Land

[YOCHEVED]
Deliver us