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Christ in Song 384

HOLD ON

Words: Rev. F. J. SullMusic: Robert Lowry

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1If your hand's on the plow, hold on, If the way to the soil may be ster-ile and hard, The plow-man will make his
If your heart's in the work, hold on, hold on; The tim-ber may be splin-tery and sad, A fight will up-pear, but

RefrainHold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, Though the field be rough and the task be hard, The plow-man will get his re-ward.

2Hold on, keep your hand on the plow, hold on; Though the field be rough and the task be hard, The plow-man will get his re-ward,
Hold on, hold on, keep your hand on the plow, hold on; Though the field be rough and the task be hard, The plow-man will get his re-ward.

The verse

Meter
26.26
Foot
trochaic (DUM-da) · 34% of beats fit
Rhyme
AB
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

If your hand's on the plow, hold on, If the way to the soil may be ster-ile and hard, The plow-man will make his˘˘/˘˘//˘˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘˘/˘26A
If your heart's in the work, hold on, hold on; The tim-ber may be splin-tery and sad, A fight will up-pear, but˘˘/˘˘//˘/˘˘/˘˘˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘??˘26B

Verse 2

Hold on, keep your hand on the plow, hold on; Though the field be rough and the task be hard, The plow-man will get his re-ward,/˘/˘/˘˘//˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘/28A
Hold on, hold on, keep your hand on the plow, hold on; Though the field be rough and the task be hard, The plow-man will get his re-ward./˘/˘/˘/˘˘//˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘/30A

Refrain

Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, Though the field be rough and the task be hard, The plow-man will get his re-ward./˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘/34A

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.