 | Areytos or songs and ballads of the South |  |
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BETTER LUCK ANOTHER YEAR.
I.
Oh! never sink 'neath Fortune's frown,
But brave her with a shout of cheer,
And 'front her fairly, face her down—
She's only stern to those who fear!
Here's—“better luck another year!”
Another year!
But brave her with a shout of cheer,
And 'front her fairly, face her down—
She's only stern to those who fear!
Here's—“better luck another year!”
Another year!
Aye—“better luck another year!”
We'll have her smile, instead of wile—
A thousand smiles for every tear,
With home made glad and goodly cheer,
And “better luck another year”—
Another year! another year!
We'll have her smile, instead of wile—
A thousand smiles for every tear,
With home made glad and goodly cheer,
And “better luck another year”—
Another year! another year!
II.
The damsel Fortune still denies,
The plea that yet delights her ear;
'Tis but our manhood that she tries;
She's coy to those who doubt and fear
She'll grant the suit another year!
Another year!
The plea that yet delights her ear;
'Tis but our manhood that she tries;
She's coy to those who doubt and fear
She'll grant the suit another year!
Another year!
Here's—“better luck another year!”
She now denies the golden prize,
But, spite of frown, and scorn, and sneer,
Be firm, and we shall win and wear,
With home made glad, and goodly cheer,
In “better luck another year!”
Another year! another year!
She now denies the golden prize,
But, spite of frown, and scorn, and sneer,
Be firm, and we shall win and wear,
With home made glad, and goodly cheer,
In “better luck another year!”
Another year! another year!
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