“Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho”

1. An American spiritual (see also spiritual ), based on the story of Joshua , the successor of Moses in the Old Testament , who led the Israelites into the Promised Land . It begins:

   Joshua fit [fought] the battle of Jericho,

   Jericho, Jericho;

   Joshua fit the battle of Jericho,

   And the walls came tumbling down.