Little Moses

Away by the waters so blue,
The ladies were winding their way,
And Pharaoh's little daughter
Stepped down to the water
To bathe in the cool of the day.
And before it was dark,
She looked in the ark
And found a sweet infant was there.
And before it was dark,
She looked in the ark
And found a sweet infant was there.

Away by the river so clear,
She carried that beautiful child
To his tender mother,
His sister and brother
Little Moses looked happy and smiled.
And she called him her own,
A beautiful son
And sent for a nurse that was near.
And she called him her own,
A beautiful son
And sent for a nurse that was near.

Away by the sea that was red, so red,
Little Moses, the servant of God,
Before hymns subsided,
The seas were divided,
As upward he lifted his rod.
And the Jews safely crossed,
While Pharaoh's host
Was drown-ded in the waters and lost.
And the Jews safely crossed,
While Pharaoh's host
Was drowned in the waters and lost.

Away on a mountain so high,
And the last one that he ever might see,
To Israel victorious,
His hopes were most glorious
He'd soon over Jordan be free
And his spirit did cease,
He departed in peace,
And rested in the heavens above.
When his spirit did cease,
He departed in peace,
And rested in the heavens above.