Never say fail! (Henry Lahee)

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• (Posted 2023-11-07)  CPDL #77059:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-11-07).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 346 kB   Copyright: Personal

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Title: Never say fail!
Composer: Henry Lahee
Lyricist: Aldine Silliman Kieffer
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1872 Tonic Sol-Fa Agency
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English text

Keep pushing– ’tis wiser
Than sitting aside,
And dreaming and sighing
And waiting the tide.
In life’s earnest battle
They only prevail
Who daily march onward,
And never say fail!

With an eye ever open–
A tongue that’s not dumb,
And a heart that will never
To sorrow succumb–
You’ll battle and conquer
Though thousands assail:
How strong and how mighty,
Who never say fail!

In life’s rosy morning,
In manhood’s firm pride,
Let this be the motto
Your footsteps to guide;
In storm and in sunshine,
Whatever assail–
We’ll onward and conquer,
And never say fail!