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Text:Something to do
Author:W. H. Woodall
Tune:[There's work for the hand, and there's work for the heart]
Composer:R. M. McIntosh

76. Something to do

1 There's work for the hand, and there's work for the heart,
Something to do, something to do,
And each should be busy performing his part,
Something to do, something to do.

Refrain:
Work for the aged and work for the young,
Work for the feeble and work for the strong,
Work for us all and excuses for none,
Something just now to do,
Something to do, Something to do,
Something just now to do.

2 The sick must be sooth'd and the hungry be fed,
Something to do, something to do,
The naked be clothed and the erring be led,
Something to do, something to do. [Refrain]

3 The Master says "work" and has led us the way,
Something to do, something to do,
He say "not tomorrow, the time is today,"
Something to do, something to do. [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: There's work for the hand, and there's work for the heart
Title: Something to do
Author: W. H. Woodall
Refrain First Line: Work for the aged and work for the young
Language: English
Publication Date: 1881
Copyright: Copyright, 1881, by O. Ditson & Co.
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: [There's work for the hand, and there's work for the heart]
Composer: R. M. McIntosh
Key: A Major
Notes: Public Domain.



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