Sit down by the side of your mother, my boy
You have only a moment, I know
If you wait til I give you my parting advice
It is all I have to bestow
Hold fast to the right, hold fast to the right
Wheresoever your footsteps may roam
Don't forsake not the way of salvation, my boy
You have learned from your mother at home
I gave you to God in your cradle, my boy
I have taught you the best that I knew
And as long as His mercy permits me to live
I shall never cease praying for you
Hold fast to the right, hold fast to the right
Wheresoever your footsteps may roam
Don't forsake not the way of salvation, my boy
You have learned from your mother at home
You will find in this bundle a Bible, my boy
It's a book of all others best
It will teach you to live and prepare you to die
And will lead to the gates of the blessed
Hold fast to the right, hold fast to the right
Wheresoever your footsteps may roam
Don't forsake not the way of salvation, my boy
You have learned from your mother at home
You leave us to seek for employment, my boy
You have yet of the world to be tried
But in all of the struggles and temptations you meet
May you and your Saviour confide
Hold fast to the right, hold fast to the right
Wheresoever your footsteps may roam
Don't forsake not the way of salvation, my boy
You have learned from your mother at home