IF yesterday would come to-morrow
There wouldn’t hardly be no sorrow.
For then we’d have another try
At chances that we let go by.
Instead of givin’ luck the blame
We’d grab the good things when they came.
We’d take the best and leave the worst
If all the days came hind-end first.
The fools that stand and wonder now
Would know just when to act and how.
If yesterday would come agen
We’d not say “if” so often then.
We’d turn the merry face to sorrow
If yesterday would come to-morrow.
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