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Version 1

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T:He Who Would Valiant Be
C:John Bunyan - words (Pilgrim's Progress)
C:Ralph Vaughan Williams - music "Monk's Gate"
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w:He - who would val-i-ant be, 'gainst all dis-as-ter
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w:Let - him in con -stan-cy, fol-low the mas-ter.
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w:There's no dis-cour-age -ment - shall make - him once re-lent - His first a
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w:owed - in -tent, to be a pil-grim.
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W:He who would valiant be, 'gainst all disaster 
W:Let him in constancy, follow the master. 
W:There's no discouragement, shall make him once relent 
W:vowed intent, to be a pilgrim. -
W:.
W:Who so beset him round with dismal stories, 
W:Do but themselves confound, his strength the more is. 
W:No foe shall stay his might, though he with giants fight 
W:He will make good his right, to be a pilgrim. 
W:.
W:Since Lord thou dost defend us with thy spirit, 
W:We know we at the end shall life inherit, 
W:Then fancies flee away, I'll fear not what men say 
W:I'll labour night and day, to be a pilgrim.

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Song by John Bunyan and Ralph Vaughan Williams
Country of origin: England

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