Harry Clifton - Pulling Hard against the stream
In this world I’ve gained my knowledge, And for it I’ve had to pay. Though I haven’t been to college Yet I’ve heard a poet say – Life is like a mighty river, Flowing on from day to day, Men are vessels launched upon it, Sometimes wrecked and cast away.
Then do your best for one another, Making life a pleasant dream, Help a weary worn-out brother Pulling hard against the stream.
Many a good kind-hearted fellow, Many a noble-minded man, Finds himself in water shallow; Then assist him if you can. Some succeed in ev’ry turning, Fortune favours every scheme: Others though, be more deserving, Pulling hard against the stream.
Then do your best …
If the wind be in your favour,
And you’ve weather’d ev’ry squall,
Think of those whose luckless labour,
Never get fair winds at all;
Working hard, contented, willing,
Struggling o’er life’s ocean wide;
Without a guide and not a shilling;
Pulling hard against the tide.
So do your best ….
Then don’t give way to foolish sorrow, Always keep you in good cheer: Brighter days will come to-morrow If you only persevere. Darkest nights will have a morning, Though the sky be overcast; Longest lanes will have a turning, And the tide will turn at last.
Then do your best ….
This moralising music-hall song dates from 1867 and comes from the pen of prolific music-hall composer and performer Harry Clifton (1824-1872)
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