With a Right Good Will

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With a right good will let us do our work

Author: H. Ernest Nichol
Tune: GOOD WILL
Published in 6 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1 With a right good will let us do our work,
Tho’ the toil seem hard and long;
Let us stand up bravely and never shirk,
Still singing a hearty song.

Refrain:
With a right good will, with a right good will, a right good will!

2 We have each a work that none else can do,
In the busy human throng;
Let us find it out with a purpose true,
Still singing a hearty song. [Refrain]

3 There is God on high in the heav’n of light;
He will help us all life long;
We can know no fear if we do the right,
Still singing a hearty song. [Refrain]

Source: Youth Hymnal #29

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Author: H. Ernest Nichol

H. Ernest Nichol (b. Hull, Yorkshire, England, 1862; d. Skirlaugh, Yorkshire, England, 1926) had begun a study program in civil engineering when he decided to study music instead. In 1888 he received a bachelor's degree in music from Oxford University. Nichol wrote some 130 hymn tunes and texts, many under the pseudonym “Colin Sterne” (derived from his middle and last name); many were first sung at church school programs. Psalter Hymnal Handbook… Go to person page >

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First Line:	With a right good will let us do our work
Title:	With a Right Good Will
Author:	H. Ernest Nichol
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	With a right good will, with a right good will, a right good will
Copyright:	Public Domain