Christ in Song 259
Our Surest Stay
Words: AnonMusic: J. B. Herbert
1What will ye do with-out Him? light-en your fear, and
He will stand and shield you, a pres-ent help al-way; What will ye do with-out Him?
RefrainOur sure-est stay, our sure-est stay, He sure-est stay, our sure-est stay!
2He will not leave nor for-sake you, when cares and sor-rows fall,
And when you meet, when think of care, The sure one you will call.
3He was your heav-enly Guard, O! our trust be in the
word of care and toil, to share's the voice of prayer;
- Words
- Anon
- Music
- J. B. Herbert
The verse
- Meter
- 12.19
- Foot
- trochaic (DUM-da) · 31% of beats fit
- Rhyme
- AB
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Verse 1
What will ye do with-out Him? light-en your fear, and˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘˘/˘12A
He will stand and shield you, a pres-ent help al-way; What will ye do with-out Him?˘˘/˘/˘˘/˘/??˘˘/˘˘/˘19B
Verse 2
He will not leave nor for-sake you, when cares and sor-rows fall,˘˘˘/˘˘/˘//˘/˘/14A
And when you meet, when think of care, The sure one you will call.˘/˘///˘/˘//˘˘/14A
Verse 3
He was your heav-enly Guard, O! our trust be in the˘˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘14A
word of care and toil, to share's the voice of prayer;/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/11B
Refrain
Our sure-est stay, our sure-est stay, He sure-est stay, our sure-est stay!/˘/˘//˘/˘/˘/˘//˘/˘/19A
Counted by machine from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. It cannot hear emphasis or a poet’s licence, so treat it as a place to start reading, not the last word.