If you can make it work - "tried an' true", sticking "true" in the next line.
Or something like: da da da da what Bryden knew, that da da da was tried an' true.
If you're not too picky you can use tried in, died in, etc.
Bill Bryden's birth name is William Campbell Rough Bryden.
Nell Bryden was born in 1979.
Bryden Thomson died in 1991.
Bryden Thomson was born in 1928.
Robert Bryden died in 1939.
Robert Bryden was born in 1865.
Matthew Bryden was born in 1967.
Beryl Bryden died in 1998.
Beryl Bryden was born in 1920.
Harry Bryden was born on 1946-07-09.
John H. Bryden was born in 1943.
John Bryden - MLA - was born in 1833.