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