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Text:Be Firm and Be Faithful
Author:Anonymous
Tune:ST. DENIO
Composer:John Roberts
Media:MIDI file

500. Be Firm and Be Faithful

1. Be firm and be faithful; desert not the right;
The brave become bolder the darker the night.
Then up and be doing, though cowards may fail;
Thy duty pursuing, dare all and prevail.

2. If scorn be thy portion, if hatred and loss,
If stripes or a prison, remember the cross.
God watches above thee, and He will requite;
Forsake those that love thee, but never the right.

Text Information
First Line: Be firm and be faithful; desert not the right
Title: Be Firm and Be Faithful
Author: Anonymous
Meter: 11.11.11.11
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain
Notes: Alternate tunes: CRADLE SONG, William J. Kirkpatrick, 1895; REBECCA, John M. Shenk, 1848-1935
Tune Information
Name: ST. DENIO
Composer: John Roberts (1839)
Meter: 11.11.11.11
Incipit: 16427 51332 11642
Key: A♭ Major
Source: Canaidau y Cyssegr, by John Roberts, 1839
Copyright: Public Domain



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