Jog along! Jog along!
The day is young, the goal’s ahead,
The limbs are strong and hope is fed
On promises where’er you look,
Of nodding bud and laughing brook.
Cheer up! Cheer up! while there’s a song
Of bird or smile of sunny nook,
There’s love and bread. So jog along!
Jog along! Jog along!
’Tis only noon and there’s an inn
Where you may soon an hour win
Of humble fellowship and fare—
A luxury of life too rare.
Hail, friend well met, who in the throng
Is brotherly in spite of care!
There’s human kin—so jog along!
Jog along! Jog along!
The sun goes down but twilight’s still
To reach the town upon the hill;
And there the sun’s an hour high
To give thee grace of foot and eye.
Keep on! Keep on! with dauntless will;
You’ve still the promise of the sky
The stars until! So jog along!