How To Be Happy

Are you almost disgusted with life, little man? I'll tell you a wonderful trick That will bring you contentment, if anyhting can, Do something for somebody quick!

Are you awfully tired with play, little girl? Wearied, discouraged, and sick- I'll tell you the lovliest game in the world, Do something for somebody quick!

Though it rains, like the rain of a flood, little man, And the clouds are forbidding and thick, You can make the sun shine in your soul, little man, Do something for somebody quick!

Though the stars are like brass overhead, little girl, And the walls like a well-heated brick, And our earthly affairs in a terrible whirl, Do something for somebody Quick!

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