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Edgar Guest - A Good World
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IT`S a good old world we`re livin` in 
With all its pain an` sorrow; 
A world where friends are givin` in 
To cheer us till tomorrow. 
A world where folks come forward, when 
They see our feet are slippin` 
To help us till we come again 
To where the honey`s drippin`.

I reckon that we`d never know
How kind an` good our friends are 
If trouble`s face should never show
Off yonder where the bends are. 
If sudden-like there never came
A rain to drench a feller 
We`d miss the friend who made us claim
A share of his umbreller.

If never came to us a woe
That seemed we couldn`t bear it, 
We`d never positively know
Which friend would rush to share it. 
We`d miss a heap of sweetness, too,
That we could never borrow, 
A sweetness no one ever knew,
Save it was born of sorrow.

This thought old care has driven in,
An` grief an` trouble taught me, 
It`s a good old world we`re livin` in
Despite the woes it`s brought me. 
For had I never shed a tear,
Nor known what sorrow`s rends are, 
I never would have learned down here
How kind an` good my friends are.
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