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Christ in Song 730

We'll Stand the Storm

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1Oh, stand the storm, it won't be long, We'll an-chor by and by;
Oh, stand the storm, it won't be long, We'll an-chor by and by.

RefrainWe'll an-chor by and by, We'll an-chor by and by;
Oh, stand the storm, it won't be long, We'll an-chor by and by.

2I have a moth-er in the prom-ised land, We'll an-chor by and by;
I have a moth-er in the prom-ised land, We'll an-chor by and by.

3Oh, stand the storm, it won't be long, We'll an-chor by and by;
Oh, stand the storm, it won't be long, We'll an-chor by and by.

4I have a fa-ther in the prom-ised land, We'll an-chor by and by;
I have a fa-ther in the prom-ised land, We'll an-chor by and by.

Copyright 1900 by F. E. Belden

The verse

Meter
14.14
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 53% of beats fit
Rhyme
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

Oh, stand the storm, it won't be long, We'll an-chor by and by;˘/˘/˘/˘///˘˘˘˘14A
Oh, stand the storm, it won't be long, We'll an-chor by and by.˘/˘/˘/˘///˘˘˘˘14A

Verse 2

I have a moth-er in the prom-ised land, We'll an-chor by and by;˘˘˘/˘˘˘/˘///˘˘˘˘16A
I have a moth-er in the prom-ised land, We'll an-chor by and by.˘˘˘/˘˘˘/˘///˘˘˘˘16A

Verse 3

Oh, stand the storm, it won't be long, We'll an-chor by and by;˘/˘/˘/˘///˘˘˘˘14A
Oh, stand the storm, it won't be long, We'll an-chor by and by.˘/˘/˘/˘///˘˘˘˘14A

Verse 4

I have a fa-ther in the prom-ised land, We'll an-chor by and by;˘˘˘/˘˘˘/˘///˘˘˘˘16A
I have a fa-ther in the prom-ised land, We'll an-chor by and by.˘˘˘/˘˘˘/˘///˘˘˘˘16A

Refrain

We'll an-chor by and by, We'll an-chor by and by;//˘˘˘˘//˘˘˘˘12A
Oh, stand the storm, it won't be long, We'll an-chor by and by.˘/˘/˘/˘///˘˘˘˘14A

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.