The Argument. Man has measured the heavens with a telescope (Alto)
Is evil then good? (Alto, Chorus)
The Narrator. Now in each nation there were some cast out. (Bass)
Chorus of the Oppressed. When shall the usurer's city cease? (Chorus)
How can I cherish my man in such days.? (Soprano)
A Spiritual. Steal away (Soprano, Tenor, Chorus)
Double Chorus of Persecutors and Persecuted. Away with them! (Chorus)
The Narrator. Where they could, they fled from the terror (Bass)
Chorus of the Self-righteous. We cannot have them in our Empire (Chorus)
The Narrator. And the boy's mother wrote a letter. (Bass)
The Mother, the Uncle and Aunt, and the Boy. O my son! (Soloists)
A Spiritual. Nobody knows the trouble I see, Lord (Soprano, Tenor, Chorus)
The boy becomes desperate in his agony (Alto, Bass)
The Narrator. They took a terrible vengeance (Bass)
The Terror. Burn down their houses! (Chorus)
The Narrator. Men were ashamed of what was done (Bass)
A Spiritual of Anger. Go down, Moses (Bass, Chorus)
The Boy sings in his Prison. My dreams are all shattered in a ghastly reality (Tenor)
The Mother. What have I done to you, my son? (Soprano)
A Spiritual. O! by and by (Soprano, Chorus)
The words of wisdom are these (Bass, Chorus)
I would know my shadow and my light (Soloists, Chorus)
A Spiritual. Deep river (Soloists, Chorus)