Songs of Matchless Love ‎#90

90. Will You Give Your Boy?

1 A poor, fallen drunkard is dying today,
And reaching the end of his race;
No more will he enter the gilded saloon;
There is wanted a boy for his place.

Shall it be your boy?
Will you give your boy,
In his sweet beauty and grace?
Will you offer you child, so innocent, mild,
To take the dead drunkard’s place?

2 A gambler is slain in a revel and brawl,
And rests in death’s folded embrace;
No more will he drink of the pleasures of sin;
There is wanted a boy for his place.

Shall it be your boy?
Will you give your boy,
In his sweet beauty and grace?
Will you offer you child, so innocent, mild,
To take the dead gambler’s place?

3 A scoffer goes down in his sin to the grace,
Rejecting God’s mercy and grace;
No more will he curse the dear word of the Lord;
There is wanted a boy for his place.

Shall it be your boy?
Will you give your boy,
In his sweet beauty and grace?
Will you offer you child, so innocent, mild,
To take the dead scoffer’s place?

4 The worldling is startled the summons to hear:
“Now endeth the day of thy grace;”
He passes away, but how many there are
Who are ready to stand in his place?

Shall it be your boy?
Will you give your boy,
In his sweet beauty and grace?
Will you offer you child, so innocent, mild,
To take the dead worldling’s place?

Text Information

• First Line: A poor, fallen drunkard is dying
• Title: Will You Give Your Boy?
• Author: E. A. H.
• Refrain First Line: Shall it be your boy?
• Publication Date: 1904

Tune Information

• Name: [A poor, fallen drunkard is dying today]
• Composer: Rev. Elisha A. Hoffman