C# G# C#
Away by the river so clear,
C# G# C#
The ladies were winding their way,
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And Pharaoh's little daughter stepped down in the water
C# F# C#
To bathe in the cool of the day.
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Before it was dark she opened the ark
G# C#
And found the sweet infant was there.
C# G# C#
And away by the waters so blue,
C# G# C#
The infant was lonely and sad.
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She took him in pity and thought him so pretty
C# F# C#
And it made little Moses so glad.
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She called him her own, her beautiful son
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And sent for a nurse that was near.
C# G# C#
And away by the river so clear,
C# G# C#
They carried the beautiful child,
G#
To his own tender mother, his sister and brother,
C# F# C#
Little Moses looked happy and smiled.
C# F#/C# C# C# F#/C# C#
His mother so good done all that she could
G# C#
To rear him and teach him with care.
C# G# C#
And away by the sea that was red,
C# G# C#
Little Moses the servant of God,
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While in him confided, the sea was divided,
C# F# C#
As upward he lifted his rod.
C# F#/C# C# C# F#/C# C#
The Jews safely crossed while Pharaoh's host
G# C#
Was drownded in the waters and lost.
C# G# C#
And away on the mountain so high,
C# G# C#
The last one that ever might see,
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While in his victorious, his hope was most glorious
C# F# C#
He'd soon o'er the Jordan be free.
C# F#/C# C# C# F#/C# C#
When his labor did cease, he departed in peace
G# C#
And rested in the Heavens above.