We’ll try it—we’ll do it—and never despair,
While there’s light in the sunshine, or life in the air;
The bold independence that labor shall buy,
Shall strengthen our hearts, and forbid us to sigh;
Away, far away, let us hope for the best,
For a home is a home, in the land of the West.
To the West! to the West, &c.
Parody on To the West!
To the West! to the West, I once went, do you see,