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 for sake not the 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
