Lyrics - Little Moses by Marleys Ghost

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Away by the river so clearthe ladies were winding their waywhen
Pharoah's little daughter stepped down to the waterto bathe in the cool of the day.
Before it was dark, she looked in the arkand found a sweet infant was there.
Before it was dark, she opened the arkand found a sweet infant was there.
And away by the waters so blue, so blue,the infant was lonely and sad.
She took him in pity and thought him so pretty,then 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 waters so clear, so clear,they carried that beautiful child.
To his own tender mother, sister and brotherlittle
Moses looked happy and smiled.
His mother, so good, done all that she couldto raise him and teach him with care.
His mother, so good, done all that she couldto raise him and teach him with care.
Away by the sea that was red, so red,little
Moses, the servant of
God.
While in
Him confided, the sea was divided,as upward he lifted his rod.
The
Jews safely crossed while
Pharoah's hostwas drownded in the waters and lost.
The
Jews safely crossed while
Pharoah's hostwas drownded in the waters and lost.
And away up on a mountain so high,the last one that he ever did see.
With
Israel victorious, his hope was most glorious,he'd soon over
Jordan be free.
When his spirit did cease, he departed in peaceand rested in the heavens above.
When his spirit did cease, he departed in peaceand rested in the heavens above.

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