Pharaoh's Host Got Lost

DESCRIPTION: Chorus: "Pharaoh's host got lost, lost, lost, Pharaoh's host got lost In that Red Sea." The leader would have Moses "lay your rod" that the children cross. When the host was lost there was shouting and weeping.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1959 (LomaxCD1712)
KEYWORDS: escape death drowning dying sea magic Bible religious soldier
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Rosenbaum-ShoutBecauseFree, p. 130-132, "Pharaoh's Host Got Lost" (1 text, 1 tune)
RECORDINGS:
John Davis and the Georgia Sea Island Singers, "Moses, Don't Get Lost" (on LomaxCD1712)
Lawrence McKiver and the McIntosh County Shouters, "Pharaoh's Host Got Lost" (on McIntosh1)
Freddie Palmer and The McIntosh County Shouters, "Pharaoh's Host Got Lost" (on McIntoshShouters-RingShoutPresentation)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Oh, Mary, Don't You Weep" (Pharaoh's army theme) and references there
cf. "Old Moses Smote the Waters" (Pharaoh's army theme)
NOTES [32 words]: The Rosenbaum-ShoutBecauseFree/McIntoshShouters-RingShoutSongs text and track and LomaxCD1712 tracks are "ring shout" songs. The McIntoshShouters-RingShoutPresentation video shows the shout. - BS
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File: RcPhHoGL

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