Tono: C
C
G
C
Away by the river so clear,
C
G
C
The ladies were winding their way,
G
And Pharaoh's little daughter stepped down in the water
C
F
C
To bathe in the cool of the day.
C
F/C
C
F/C
C
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.
G
She took him in pity and thought him so pretty
C
F
C
And it made little Moses so glad.
C
F/C
C
F/C
C
She called him her own, her beautiful son
G
C
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
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,
G
While in him confided, the sea was divided,
C
F
C
As upward he lifted his rod.
C
F/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,
G
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
F/C
C
When his labor did cease, he departed in peace
G
C
And rested in the Heavens above.