Try, Try Again
Here's a lesson all should heed--
Try, try, try again.
If at first you don't suceed,
Try, try, try again.
If you only persevere,
You will conquer, never fear;
Try, try, try again.
Let the thing be e'er so hard,
Try again.
Tim will surely bring reward;
Try again.
That which other folks can do
Why, with patience, may not you?
Try, try, try again.
(Traditional)
The Children's Book of Poetry , Porter & Coates, 1879, reprinted in Life in Early America: Learning to Read Yesterday and Today: Second and Third Grade Selections, edited by Jeanne S. Chall, published by Andrews and McMeel, Kansas City, 1994.