Interpret:

Joan Baez

Album:

Joan Baez

And away by the waters so blue
The ladies were winding their way
When Pharaoh's little daughter stepped down to the water
To bathe in the cool of the day


And before it was dark she looked the ark
And found the sweet babe that was there
(2x)




And away by the waters so blue
She carried that beautiful child
To his tender mother, to sister and brothers
Little Moses looked happy and smiled


And she called him her own, her beautiful son
And sent for a nurse that was near
(2x)




And away by the sea that was red, so red
Little Moses the servant of God
Before him subsides, the sea was divided
As upwards he lifted his rod


And the Jews safely crossed while Pharaoh's host
Was drownded in the waters and lost
(2x)




And away on a mountain so high
The last that he ever did see
With Israel victorious, his hopes were most glorious
Someday all the Jordan be free


When his spirit did cease, he departed in peace
And rested in the Heavens above 
(2x)