In the Amidons' 'Fifty-five Anthems for the Small Church Choir', performed here by Friends of the Amidons Singers, Peter Amidon soloist. A.P. Carter collected songs from local singers around the southeast United States and performed them with the Carter Family on radio shows that played throughout the country from the 1920's through the 1950's. Here is the Carter family's original performance of "Little Moses".LYRICS Little Moses by A.P. Carter(5th verse by Peter Amidon)Away by the river so clearThe ladies were winding their wayAnd Pharaoh's little daughter stepped down in the waterTo bathe in the cool of the day.Before it was dark, she opened the ark,And found the sweet infant was there.Away by the waters so blue,The infant was lonely and sadShe took him in pity and thought him so prettyWhich made Little Moses so glad.She called him her own, her beautiful sonAnd sent for a nurse that was near.Away by the river so clearThey carried the beautiful childTo his own tender mother, his sister and brotherLittle Moses looked happy and smiled.His mother so good did all that she couldTo rear him and teach him with care.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.The Jews safely crossed while Pharaoh's hostWas drownded in the waters and lost.Away in the land that was dryLittle Moses was leading his bandThe people were crying: “From thirst we are dying,Your God gives us nothing but sand.”God said, “Strike the rock!”, and they marveled in shockAs water flowed out from the stone.Away on a mountain so high,The last one that ever might see,While in him victorious, his hope was most glorious,He would soon o'er the Jordan be free.When his labors did cease, he departed in peaceAnd rested in Heaven above.
