Little Moses

 
               
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Away by the river so clear, 
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The ladies were winding their way, 
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And Pharaoh's little daughter stepped down in the water 
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To bathe in the cool of the day. 
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Before it was dark she opened the ark 
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And found the sweet infant was there. 
 
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And away by the waters so blue, 
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The infant was lonely and sad. 
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She took him in pity and thought him so pretty 
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And it made little Moses so glad. 
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She called him her own, her beautiful son 
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And sent for a nurse that was near. 
 
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And away by the river so clear, 
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They carried the beautiful child, 
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To his own tender mother, his sister and brother, 
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Little Moses looked happy and smiled. 
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His mother so good done all that she could 
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To rear him and teach him with care. 
 
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And away by the sea that was red, 
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Little Moses the servant of God, 
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While in him confided, the sea was divided, 
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As upward he lifted his rod. 
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The Jews safely crossed while Pharaoh's host 
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Was drownded in the waters and lost. 
 
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And away on the mountain so high, 
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The last one that ever might see, 
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While in his victorious, his hope was most glorious 
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He'd soon o'er the Jordan be free. 
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When his labor did cease, he departed in peace 
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And rested in the Heavens above.