re-e-e-e-d

Updated: May 23, 2025

One was on the creation, another on the flood, each verse paraphrasing the scriptural account; and the refrain, in which the whole congregation joined, was as follows: "Ole Pharaoh he got law-s-t Got law-s-t, got law-s-t Ole Pharaoh he got drownded In the Re-e-e-e-d Sea." But soon came a song which amazed me.

Andrew Dickson White - Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White — Volume 2