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Christ in Song 401

THE FAITHFUL THREE

Words: F. E. B.Music: F. F. Fleming

1Look up to the glo-ri-ous sun, Hear the king's de-cree,
See the form-ing giv-en ban-ners, And the faith-ful three;
'Tows the ban-ner of our coun-try, Free now and for-est brave,
And what-e'er be-tide the brave ones, Far-thers, free and bold.

RefrainStand by the word, come good or ill,
Truth is the Lord, O let us trust in the Lord.

2To the fur-nace let them has-ten, Cour-age in each breast;
But to serve a lie to do in er in days of old,
All who walk the path of du-ty, Fear-less, firm and bold.

Words: F. E. B.
Music: F. F. Fleming

The verse

Meter: 13.13.15.14
Foot: trochaic (DUM-da) · 56% of beats fit
Rhyme: AABC

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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

Look up to the glo-ri-ous sun, Hear the king's de-cree,/˘˘˘/˘˘//˘/˘/13A

See the form-ing giv-en ban-ners, And the faith-ful three;/˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘/13A

'Tows the ban-ner of our coun-try, Free now and for-est brave,/˘/˘˘/˘/˘//˘/˘/15B

And what-e'er be-tide the brave ones, Far-thers, free and bold.˘???˘/˘///˘/˘/14C

Verse 2

To the fur-nace let them has-ten, Cour-age in each breast;˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘//13A

But to serve a lie to do in er in days of old,˘˘/˘/˘˘˘˘˘/˘/13B

All who walk the path of du-ty, Fear-less, firm and bold./˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/13B

Refrain

Stand by the word, come good or ill,/˘˘///˘/8A

Truth is the Lord, O let us trust in the Lord./˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘/11B

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.