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Text:The Good-Cheer Band
Author:James Rowe
Tune:[On we go from day to day]
Composer:E. S. Lorenz

99. The Good-Cheer Band

1 On we go from day to day,
Driving gloom and care away;
Spreading sunshine o’er the land,
We’re the little Good-Cheer Band.

Refrain:
The Good Cheer Band, the Good Cheer Band,
On we go, on we go, thro’ this pilgrim land;
Singing, smiling all the way,
We are helping, helping Jesus every day.

2 Jesus wants us all to show
Happy hearts as on we go;
So we wear a cheering smile
And are pleasant all the while. [Refrain]

3 Words of love and songs of cheer
Day by day are needed here;
So, if we to Christ are true,
Much of good our band will do. [Refrain]

4 We will do our best each day
Love for Jesus to display;
Then, when life is o’er below,
We shall all to heaven go. [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: On we go from day to day
Title: The Good-Cheer Band
Author: James Rowe
Refrain First Line: The Good-Cheer Band
Publication Date: 1908
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: [On we go from day to day]
Composer: E. S. Lorenz
Notes: Public Domain.



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