We had the same - only with the original words (and we called it 'To be a pilgrim'). I actually like them better, as they have hobgoblins and giants and stuff in:
Who would true valour see Let him come hither One here will constant be Come wind come weather There's no discouragement Shall make him once relent His first avowed intent To be a pilgrim
Who so beset him round With dismal stories Do but themselves confound - His strength the more is. No lion can him fright He'll with a giant fight But he will have the right To be a pilgrim
Hobgoblin nor foul field Can daunt his spirit He knows he at the end Shall life inherit Then fancies fly away! He'll fear not what men say He'll labour night and day to be a pilgrim
As you can see, I still remember it very clearly, because those words were drummed into us again and again, right down to the details (eg 'can' before 'shall' in the 2nd verse).
The result of this is that I can't bear to listen to the modern version, because my OCD brain considers it wrong wrong wrong.
I just had a look on cyberhymnal - they have both sets of words, but the wrong tune. Must be an American site?
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Date: 2010-10-06 09:59 am (UTC)Who would true valour see
Let him come hither
One here will constant be
Come wind come weather
There's no discouragement
Shall make him once relent
His first avowed intent
To be a pilgrim
Who so beset him round
With dismal stories
Do but themselves confound -
His strength the more is.
No lion can him fright
He'll with a giant fight
But he will have the right
To be a pilgrim
Hobgoblin nor foul field
Can daunt his spirit
He knows he at the end
Shall life inherit
Then fancies fly away!
He'll fear not what men say
He'll labour night and day to be a pilgrim
As you can see, I still remember it very clearly, because those words were drummed into us again and again, right down to the details (eg 'can' before 'shall' in the 2nd verse).
The result of this is that I can't bear to listen to the modern version, because my OCD brain considers it wrong wrong wrong.
I just had a look on cyberhymnal - they have both sets of words, but the wrong tune. Must be an American site?