Kneel down by the side of your mother, my boy You have only a moment I know But stay till I give you this parting advice It is all that I have to bestow 
Chorus Hold fast to the right, hold fast to the right Wherever your footsteps may roam Forsake not the way of a salvation, my boy That you learned from your mother at home 
You will leave here to seek your employment, my boy By the world you have yet to be tried But in the temptations and trials you will meet May your heart to the Savior confide 
I gave you to God in your cradle, my boy And taught you the best that I knew And as long as His mercies permit me to live I shall never stop 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 lead to the gates of the blessed 
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