If I could, I surely would
Stand on the rock where Moses stood.
Pharaoh's army got drowned,
Oh Mary, don't you weep.
Oh Mary, don't you weep, don't you mourn.
Oh Mary, don't you weep, don't you mourn.
Pharaoh's army got drowned,
Oh Mary, don't you weep.
Mary wore three links of chain.
Every link was Jesus' name.
Pharaoh's army got drowned,
Oh Mary, don't you weep.
Oh Mary, don't you weep, don't you mourn.
Oh Mary, don't you weep, don't you mourn.
Pharaoh's army got drowned,
Oh Mary, don't you weep.
Mary wore three links of chain.
Every link was Freedom's name.
Pharaoh's army got drowned,
Oh Mary, don't you weep.
Oh Mary, don't you weep, don't you mourn.
Oh Mary, don't you weep, don't you mourn.
Pharaoh's army got drowned,
Oh Mary, don't you weep.
One of these nights about twelve o'clock
This old world is gonna reel and rock.
Pharaoh's army got drowned,
Oh Mary, don't you weep.
Oh Mary, don't you weep, don't you mourn.
Oh Mary, don't you weep, don't you mourn.
Pharaoh's army got drowned,
Oh Mary, don't you weep.
Moses stood on the Red Sea shore
Smotin' the water with a two by four.
Pharaoh's army got drowned,
Oh Mary, don't you weep.
Oh Mary, don't you weep, don't you mourn.
Oh Mary, don't you weep, don't you mourn.
Pharaoh's army got drowned,
Oh Mary, don't you weep.
Oh Mary, don't you weep, don't you mourn.
Oh Mary, don't you weep, don't you mourn.
Pharaoh's army got drowned,
Oh Mary, don't you weep.
Singer: Pete Seeger
Music: Traditional