Away by the river so clear

The ladies were winding their way

And Pharaoh's little daughter

Stepped down in the water

To bathe in the cool of the day

Before it was dark she opened the ark

And found the sweet infant was there

Before it was dark she opened the ark

And found the sweet infant was there

And away by the water so blue

The infant was lonely and sad

She took him in pity and thought him so pretty

And it made little Moses so glad

She called him her own, her beautiful son

And sent for a nurse that was near

She called him her own, her beautiful son

And sent for a nurse that was near

And away by the river so clear

They carried the beautiful child

To his own tender mother, his sister and brother

Little Moses looked happy and smiled

His mother so good done all that she could

To rear him and teach him with care

His mother so good done all that she could

To rear him and teach him with care

And away by the sea that was red

Little Moses, the servant of God

While in him confided the sea was divided

As upward he lifted his rod

The Jews they could cross while Pharaoh's host

Was drownded in the water and lost

The Jews they could cross while Pharaoh's host

Was drownded in the water and lost

And away on the mountain so high

The last one that ever might be

While in his victorious

His hope was most glorious

He'd soon over the Jordan be free

When his labors did cease

He parted in peace

And rested in the heavens above

When his labors did cease

He parted in peace

And rested in the heavens above