Stand for the Right
Author: Child’s Friend, 1882
Composer: Joseph Ballantyne
Languages (43)
This song text has been indexed at SingPraises.net in the following languages:
- Albanian: Mbro Drejtësin’
- American Sign Language (ASL): Stand for the Right
- Bulgarian: Правдата пази!
- Cebuano: Barugan and Kamatuoran
- Croatian: Uz istinu stoj
- Czech: Stůj za pravdou
- Danish: Sand og tro
- Dutch: Wees eerlijk en trouw
- English: Stand for the Right
- Estonian: Seisa tõe eest
- Fijian: Me da dina
- Finnish: Totuutta puolusta ain
- French: Défends le bien
- German: Steh für das Rechte ein!
- Greek: Τη δικαιοσύνη να υπηρετείς
- Hungarian: Ó, légy igaz!
- Icelandic: Verið sönn
- Indonesian: Jadi Contoh Kebenaran
- Italian: Difendi la verità
- Japanese: 正しくあれ
- Kekchi: Saqaq aawu
- Khmer (Cambodian): ឈរដោយសុចរិត
- Korean: 의를 위해 서라
- Latvian: Esi patiess!
- Lithuanian: Gink, kas teisu
- Malagasy: Aoka ho marina hatrany ianao
- Mandarin (Romanized/Pinyin): Jiānshǒu zhèngyì
- Mandarin (Simplified): 坚守正义
- Mandarin (Traditional): 堅守正義
- Mongolian: Үнэний төлөө зогс
- Norwegian: Vær alltid tro
- Polish: Bądź wierny
- Portuguese: Sê Fiel
- Romanian: Apărăm dreptatea
- Russian: Будь верным
- Samoan: Tu Mo Le Mea Tonu
- Spanish: Defiende el bien
- Swedish: Var sann, som Guds profet har sagt
- Tagalog: Ang Tama’y Ipaglaban
- Tahitian: Pāruru te ti’a
- Thai: ยืนหยัดความถูกต้อง
- Tongan: Tuʻu ʻI he Totonú
- Ukrainian: Будь вірним ти
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Most common tunes for “Stand for the Right”
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Appearances of “Stand for the Right” over time
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Copyright status of original text
This text was first published in English, in 1910 or earlier.
Public domain
Earliest source indexed at SingPraises.net: The Juvenile Instructor (1866–1929), Jul 1910.
Representative lyrics
English (Original Language)
Our prophet has some words for you, And these are the words: “Be true, be true.” At work or at play, In darkness or light, Be true, be true, And stand for the right.
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