Hold Fast To The Right

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    Kneel down by the side of your mother, my boy,
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    you have only a moment, I know.

    But stay till I give you my parting advice.
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    it is all that I have to bestow.

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Hold fast to the right, hold fast to the right,
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wherever your footsteps may roam.
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And forsake not the way of a salvation, my boy,
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that you learned from your mother at home.

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    You leave us to seek your employment, my boy,
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    by the world you have yet to be tried.

    But in the temptations and trials you meet,
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    may your heart to the Saviour confide.

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Hold fast to the right, hold fast to the right,
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wherever your footsteps may roam.
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And forsake not the way of a salvation, my boy,
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that you learned from your mother at home.

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    I gave you to God in your cradle, my boy,
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    and I've taught you the best that I knew.

    And as long as His mercies permit me to live,
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    I shall never stop praying for you.

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Hold fast to the right, hold fast to the right,
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wherever your footsteps may roam.
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And forsake not the way of a salvation, my boy,
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that you learned from your mother at home.

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    You will find in your satchel, a Bible, my boy,
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    it's the book of all others the best.

    It will help you to live and prepare you to die,
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    and will lead to the gates of the blest .

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Hold fast to the right, hold fast to the right,
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wherever your footsteps may roam.
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And forsake not the way of a salvation, my boy,
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that you learned from your mother at home.