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