Oh mary don't you weep don't you mourn Oh mary don't you weep don't you mourn Faraos army already got drownded Mary don't you weep People singing Oh mary don't you weep don't you mourn Oh mary don't you weep don't you mourn Faraos army already got drownded Mary don't you weep when I was a little boy, long ago I read a story that moved me so about the people in bondage you see who from Egypt wanted to flee a man got a message from above he said go free the people that I love find the king and knock on his door tell him to let my people go Oh mary don't you weep don't you mourn Oh mary don't you weep don't you mourn Faraos army already got drownded Mary don't you weep The King got angry and didn't agree but finally he set the people free but changed his mind on oh on a whim gathered his men and set after them he finally caught them on the banks of the sea the people got on the power that be you may not believe this but no time lost the water flowed back and the children crossed when the king tried to cross with his men the water quickly flowed back again Oh mary don't you weep don't you moan Oh mary don't you weep don't you moan Faraos army already got drownded Mary don't you weep Faraos army already got drownded Mary don't you weep Mary don't you weep