Hold Fast To The Right

Kneel down by the side of your mother, my boy, you have only a moment, I know. But stay till I give you my parting advice. it is all that I have to bestow. Hold fast to the right, hold fast to the right, wherever your footsteps may roam. And forsake not the way of a 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. Hold fast to the right, hold fast to the right, wherever your footsteps may roam. And forsake not the way of a salvation, my boy, that you learned from your mother at home. 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 stop praying for you. Hold fast to the right, hold fast to the right, wherever your footsteps may roam. And forsake not the way of a salvation, my boy, that you learned from your mother at home. 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 . Hold fast to the right, hold fast to the right, wherever your footsteps may roam. And forsake not the way of a salvation, my boy, that you learned from your mother at home.