Little Moses Lyrics - Ralph Stanley

Away by the waters so blue 

The ladies were winding their way 

While Pharaoh's little daughter went down to the water 

To bathe in the cool of the day 

Before it was dark she opened the ark 

And found the sweet babe that was there 

And away by the waters 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 she sent for a nurse who was near 

And away by the waters so blue 

They carried that beautiful child 

To his tender mother, to his sister and brothers 

Little Moses looked happy and smiled 

His mother so good did all that she could 

To raise 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 upwards he lifted his rod 

And the Jews safely crossed while Pharaoh's host 

Was drowned in the waters and lost