Pay as You Go (John Franklin Fargo)

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• (Posted 2023-10-12)  CPDL #76309:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-10-12).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 356 kB   Copyright: Personal

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Title: Pay as You Go
Composer: John Franklin Fargo
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1880 R. H. Meredith
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Original text and translations

English text

A word of good counsel,
We ne’er should forget
Is that which forewarns us
To keep out of debt;
One half of life’s burdens
A man overthrows,
Who starts out determined
To pay as he goes.
    To pay as he goes,
    To pay as he goes,
    Who starts out determined
    To pay as he goes.

A man to be honest
A merchant or friend,
In order to have,
Must be willing to spend;
If love or affection
Or faith, they bestow,
Return their full value,
And pay as you go.
    And pay as you go,
    And pay as you go,
    Return their full value
    And pay as you go.

A word of good counsel,
We ne’er should forget,
To keep out of danger,
Just keep out of debt,
If peace and contentment,
And joy, you would know.
Don’t live upon credit,
But pay as you go.
    But pay as you go,
    But pay as you go,
    Don’t live upon credit,
    But pay as you go.