Hail the Hero Workers

Hail the he­ro work­ers

Of the migh­ty past!

They whose la­bor build­ed

All the things that last;

Thoughts of wis­est mean­ing

Deeds of nob­lest right

Patient toil in weak­ness

Battle in the night;

Hail

then

no­ble work­ers

Builders of the past

All whose lives have blest us

With the gains that last.

Hail ye

he­ro work­ers!

Who to­day do hear

Duty’s my­ri­ad voic­es

Sounding high and clear;

Ye who quick re­spond­ing

Haste ye to your task

Be it grand or sim­ple

Ye for­get to ask;

Hail ye

no­ble work­ers

Builders of to­day

Who life’s trea­sure ga­ther

That shall last al­way!

Hail ye

he­ro work­ers!

Ye who yet shall come

When to this world’s call­ing

All our lips are dumb!

Ye shall build more nob­ly

If our work be true

As we pass life’s trea­sure

On from old to new.

Hail ye

then

all work­ers

Of all lands and time

One brave band of he­roes

With one task sub­lime.