The Carter Family – Little Moses (Guitar)

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Away by the river so clear

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The ladies were winding their way

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While Pharaoh’s little daughter went down to 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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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 she sent for a nurse who was near

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She called him her own, her beautiful son

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And she sent for a nurse who was near

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Away by the river so clear

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They carried that beautiful child

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To his own tender mother, to his sister and brothers

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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 raise him and teach him with care

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His mother so good done all that she could

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To raise 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 upwards he lifted his rod

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And the Jews safely crossed while Pharaoh’s host

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Was drownded in the waters and lost

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And 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 a mountain so high

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The last one that ever might see

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Wile he was victorious, his hope was most glorious

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That soon all the Jordan be free

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When his labour did cease, he departed in peace

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And rested in the Heavens above

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When his labour did cease, he departed in peace

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And rested in the Heavens above