Half Minute Songs - Jacobs-Bond, Carrie

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⌛ Period → Romantic ◈ Genre → Art songs ♬ Voicing → Solo Soprano ¶ Language → English

Parts 1

Instruments Piano

Pages 3

CPDL # 17689

Posted 2008-07-26

License Public Domain

¶Lyrics / Text

:1. Making the Best of It. :What you can’t help, :What you can’t help, :What you can’t help, :Forget! :2. First Ask Yourself. :Before you have said it about them, :Ask yourself if you’d like them to know you said it. :3. To Understand. :To understand a sorrow, :You must have one all your own. :4. How to Find Success. :The man who finds success looks sometimes when he’s tired, :When he’s tired, when he’s tired, :Looks sometimes when he’s tired. :5. The Pleasure of Giving :I’d rather say “You’re welcome” once, :than “Thank you” a thousand times. :6. Answer the First Rap. :Opportunity may knock often, :but it’s better to answer the first rap! :7. A Good Exercise. :With evil things you’ll always find :It’s best to be deaf, dumb and blind. :8. A Present from Yourself. :A friend is a present you give yourself. :9. Now and Then. :The “lucky” fellow gets up at five (A.M.), :And gen’rally works till ten (P.M.); :But the other fellow not quite so “lucky,” :Works hard–just now and then! :10. When They Say the Unkind Things. :Ain’t it gay that what “they say” :Can’t hurt you unless it’s true? :11. Keep Awake. :Success never comes to the sleeping. :12. Doan’ Yo’ Lis’n. :No mattah w’at dey said, :Keep a-walkin’ straight ahaid, :W’y dey’ll praise yo’ when yo’ daid, :But doan’ yo’ lis’n.