VocalEssence Chorus, VocalEssence Ensemble Singers, VocalEssence Singers of This Age, VocalEssence Vintage Voices, orchestra

4 movements: *asterisk denotes world premiere
I. Go Down, Moses
II. Mary Was the Queen of Galilee*
III. Steal Away*
IV. Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho*

A SUITE OF SPIRITUALS
arr. B.E. Boykin

IV. Joshua Fit The Battle of Jericho

Joshua fit the battle of Jericho
And the walls came tumblin’ down.

You may talk about the kings of Gideon,
You may talk about the men of Saul.
But there’s none like good old Joshua
At the battle of Jericho.

Right up to the walls of Jericho
He marched with spear in hand.
Go, blow that ram’s horn, Joshua cried,
'Cause the battle is in my hand.

Then the lamb ram sheep horns began to blow
And the trumpets began to sound.
And Joshua commanded the children to shout,
And the walls came tumblin’ down, because

The battle, yes the battle, the battle is the Lord’s.
Joshua fit the battle of Jericho.
—Negro Spiritual