Keep a-Pluggin’ Away
I ‘ve a humble little mottoThat is homely, though it ‘s true,—Keep a-pluggin’ away.It’s a thing when I ‘ve an objectThat I always try to do,—Keep a-pluggin’ away.When you ‘ve rising storms to quell,When opposing waters swell,It will never fail to tell,—Keep a-pluggin’ away.
If the hills are high beforeAnd the paths are hard to climb,Keep a-pluggin’ away.And remember that successesCome to him who bides his time,—Keep a-pluggin’ away.From the greatest to the least,None are from the rule released.Be thou toiler, poet, priest,Keep a-pluggin’ away.
Delve away beneath the surface,There is treasure farther down,—Keep a-pluggin’ away.Let the rain come down in torrents,Let the threat’ning heavens frown,Keep a-pluggin’ away.When the clouds have rolled away,There will come a brighter dayAll your labor to repay,—Keep a-pluggin’ away.
There ‘ll be lots of sneers to swallow,There ‘ll be lots of pain to bear,—Keep a-pluggin’ away.If you ‘ve got your eye on heaven,Some bright day you ‘ll wake up there,—Keep a-pluggin’ away.Perseverance still is king;Time its sure reward will bring;Work and wait unwearying,—Keep a-pluggin’ away.