There's a lovely version by Neil Morris of Mountain View, Arkansas, which was recorded by Alan Lomax (with Shirley Collins assisting) on a field trip back in 1959. It came out on a record called "White Spirituals" issued by Atlantic as part of a Southern Folk Heritage series.

And here is a transcription of the words (basically the same as the Carter version, but with a few little differences. And it's little differences that make the magic in this kind of music) - Little Moses (But I've adjusted it to match the record in a couple of places - because that's how it's always stuck in my mind.)

LITTLE MOSES

By the side of the river so clear,
The ladies were winding their way,
When Phareoh's daughter stepped down to the water,
To bathe in the cool of the day.

Before it was dark, she opened the ark,
And found the sweet infant was there.
Before it was dark, she opened the ark,
And found the sweet infant was there.

By the side of the river so clear,
This infant was lonely and sad,
She took him in pity, and thought him so pretty,
Which made little Moses so glad

She called him her own, her beautiful son,
And sent for the nurse that was near.
She called him her own, her beautiful son,
And sent for the nurse that was near.

By the side of the river so clear,
They carried that beautiful child,
To his own tender mother, his sister and brother,
And Moses looked happy and smiled.

His mother so good, done all that she could,
To rear him and teach him with care.
His mother so good, done all that she could,
To rear him and teach him with care.

Then away by the sea that was red,
Stood Moses the servant of God,
While Aaron confided the deep was divided,
As upward he lifted his rod.

The Jews safe across, while Phareoh's horse,
Was drownded in the waters and lost.
The Jews safe across, while Phareoh's horse,
Was drownded in the waters and lost.)

Then away on that mountain so high,
The last one he ever might see,
With Israel's victorious, his hope was most glorious,
He'd soon over Jordan would be free.

His labours did cease, he departed in peace,
And rested in the heavens above.
His labours did cease, he departed in peace,
And rested in the heavens above.