Come and sit by the side
Of your mother my boy
You have only a moment I know
And stay while I give you this 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
Oh forsake not the way of salvation my boy
That you've learned from your mother at home

In your satchel you'll find there's
A Bible my boy
It's the book of all others the best
It will teach you to live
And prepare you to die
And will take to the gates of the blest

Hold fast to the right hold fast to the right

Hold fast to the right hold fast to the right
Oh hold fast to the right