Lyr Add: Keep a Goin' (Frank Stanton)

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Keep a Goin' (Frank Stanton)
From: GUEST,keberoxu
Date: 07 Apr 20 - 10:45 AM

I remember Henry Gibson reciting this over the music.

Subject: Lyr Add: Keep a Goin' (Frank Stanton)
From: voyager
Date: 07 Apr 20 - 10:13 AM

Q - When does a poem become a song?
A - When it's cadged by Hollywood for a movie
Haven Hamilton (Henry Gibson) in the movie Nashville


KEEP A-GOIN’ (Frank L. Stanton)

If you strike a thorn or rose,
Keep a-goin'!
If it hails or if it snows,
Keep a-goin'!
'Taint no use to sit an' whine
When the fish ain't on your line;
Bait your hook an' keep a-tryin'--
Keep a-goin'!

When the weather kills your crop,
Keep a-goin'!
Though 'tis work to reach the top,
Keep a-goin'!
S'pose you're out o' ev'ry dime,
Gittin' broke ain't any crime;
Tell the world you're feelin' prime--
Keep a-goin'!

When it looks like all is up,
Keep a-goin'!
Drain the sweetness from the cup,
Keep a-goin'!
See the wild birds on the wing,
Hear the bells that sweetly ring,
When you feel like singin', sing--
Keep a-goin'!