Have Courage to Say No!

You’re start­ing

my boy

on life’s jour­ney

Along the grand high­way of life;

You’ll meet with a thou­sand temp­ta­tions—

Each ci­ty with ev­il is rife.

This world is a stage of ex­cite­ment

There’s dan­ger wher­ev­er you go;

But if you are tempt­ed to weak­ness

Have cour­age

my boy

to say No!

Have cour­age

my boy

to say No!

Have cour­age

my boy

to say No!

Have cour­age

my boy

Have cour­age

my boy

Have cour­age

my boy

to say No!

In cour­age

my boy

lies your safe­ty

When you the long jour­ney be­gin

Your trust in a heav­en­ly Fa­ther

Will keep you un­spot­ted from sin.

Temptations will go on in­creas­ing

As streams from a ri­vu­let flow;

But if you’d be true to your man­hood

Have cour­age

my boy

to say No!

Be care­ful in choos­ing com­pan­ions

Seek on­ly the brave and the true

And stand by your friends when in tri­al

Ne’er chang­ing the old for the new;

And when by false friends you are tempt­ed

The taste of the wine cup to know

With firm­ness

with pa­tience and kind­ness

Have cour­age

my boy

to say No!