Long time ago Way far from home His people were marching ahead Obedient to be so they agreed To do what the Lord had said On the way - to the Promised Land Escape from slavery Moses rose up At Mount Sinai In forty days and nights He wrote the Ten Commandments A thick cloud hung over the mountain There was a flash of light To seal the new amendments Moses destroyed The tablets in anger Seeing them pray to the calf And the Lord struck the people again Sending a plague for this sin On the way - to the Promised Land Escape from slavery Moses rose up At Mount Sinai In forty days and nights He wrote the Ten Commandments A thick cloud hung over the mountain There was a flash of light To seal the new amendments Those two - tablets of stone Written with - the finger of God