Here's the version from Silber & Silber:

LITTLE MOSES

Away by the river so clear,
The ladies were winding their way,
And Pharaoh's young daughter stepp'd down in the water,
To bathe in the cool of the day.
Before it was dark she opened the ark
And found the sweet infant there.
Before it was dark she opened the ark
And found the sweet infant there.

Away by the waters so blue,
The infant was lonely and sad,
She took him in pity and thought him so pretty,
And made Little Moses so glad.
She called him her own her beautiful son
And sent for a nurse that was near.
She called him her own her beautiful son
And sent for a nurse that was near.

Away by the river so clear,
They carried the beautiful child,
To his tender mother, his sister and brother,
And Moses looked happy and smiled.
His mother so good did all that she could
To rear him and teach him with care,
His mother so good did all that she could
To 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 upward he lifted his rod.
The Jews safely crossed
while King Pharaoh's host Was drowned in the waters and lost.
The Jews safely crossed
while King Pharaoh's host Was drowned in the waters and lost.

Away on a mountain so high,
And the last one that ever might see.
While in him victorious, his hope was most glorious,
He'd soon over Jordan be free.
When his labor did cease, he left there in peace,
And rested in Heaven above.
When his labor did cease, he left there in peace,
And rested in Heaven above.

  G            D7        G
  A-way by the river so clear,
                    D7           G
  The ladies were winding their way,
       D7
  And Pharaoh's young daughter stepp'd down in the water,
      G            D7          G
  To bathe in the cool of the day.
                 D7       G          C
  Before it was dark she opened the ark
        G              D7      G
  And found the sweet infant there.
                 D7        G         C
  Before it was dark she opened the ark
        G               D7
  And found the sweet infant there.

Source: Silber & Silber, Folksinger's Wordbook (Oak Publications, 1973), page 361