Be Careful What You Sow

lyricist: Daniel hittle, 1889
Composer: Charles Case, 1892

Be care­ful what you sow

For seed will sure­ly grow;

The dew will fall

the rain will splash

The clouds grow dark

the light­ning flash;

And he who sows good seed to­day

Shall reap good seed to­mor­row;

And he who sows good seed to­day

Shall reap with joy to­mor­row.

Be care­ful what you sow

For seed will sure­ly grow;

And he who sows good seed to­day

Shall reap with joy to­mor­row.

Be care­ful what you sow

For seed will sure­ly grow;

Where it may fall

you can­not know

In sun or shade

’till sure­ly grow;

And he who sows good seed to­day

Shall reap good seed to­mor­row;

And he who sows good seed to­day

Shall reap with joy to­mor­row.

Be care­ful what you sow

The weed you plant will grow;

The scat­tered seed

from thought­less hand

Must ga­thered be

by God’s com­mand;

And he who sows wild oats to­day

Must reap the crop to­mor­row;

And he who sows wild oats to­day

Shall reap with tears to­mor­row.

Then let us so good deeds

And not the bri­ars and weeds;

Then har­vest time its joys shall bring

And when we reap

our hearts shall sing;

And he who sows good seed to­day

Shall reap good seed to­mor­row;

And he who sows good seed to­day

Shall reap good seed to­mor­row.

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