Roll me through the rushes like moses   Roll me through the rushes just like moses      Roll me through the rushes like moses   Guide me to the new woman who waits   Current, leave me on the banks   By the cottage   Wher we will dine with silver cups   And golden plates      Roll me through the rushes like moses   Roll me through the rushes just like moses      I’ve prepared for my last journey   You know I’ve worked all my life   To make this basket strong   But a woman alone on a river   She can’t stay in the water too long      I’ve been chilled, I’ve lost my will   And I’ve stayed away from rivers   Much too long   I really must stay in this dirty dirty city   Till I found out that my strength was gone      Roll me through the rushes like moses   Roll me through the rushes just like moses   Just like moses      Make my journey, make it short in space   Let me lose this hardness that I got now, lord   Water, wash away all traces of hate   I will do what you say   If you just show me how, river      Roll me through the rushes like moses   Roll me through the rushes just like moses   Roll me through the rushes like moses   Roll me through the rushes   Just like moses on the nile      River, river (sail)   River, river (sail)   River, river (sail)   River, river (sail)