Hold Fast to the Right [core]
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

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