Hold Fast to the Right
(Robert & Bill Brumley)

  
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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  
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But stay 'til I give you this parting advice  
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It is all that I have to bestow.  

(Chorus)
Hold fast to the right, hold fast to the right
Wherever your footsteps may roam
Oh, forsake not the way of salvation, my boy
That you learned from your mother at home.

You leave us to seek your employment, my boy
By the world you have yet to be tried
But in the temptations and trials you meet
May your heart to the Saviour confide.

I gave you to God in your cradle, my boy
And I've taught you the best that I knew
And as long as His mercies permit me to live
I shall never cease praying for you.

You will find in your satchel, a bible, my boy
It's the book of all others the best
It will help you to live and prepare you to die
And will lead to the gates of the blest.