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        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        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           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        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        C         F/C C
When his labor did cease, he departed in peace
                 G          C
And rested in the Heavens above.