Hold fast to the right
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1. 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.
G D
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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2. 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.
+ CHORUS
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3. 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.
+ CHORUS
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4. 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 .
G D
Hold fast to the right, hold fast to the right,
A D
wherever your footsteps may roam.
G
D
And forsake not the way of a salvation, my boy,
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that you learned from your mother at home.
Recorded 6/17/37
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(The Carter Family)