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Kind friends, as here I stand to sing, so very queer (strange) I feel
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=Sheet Music=
That now I've made my bow, I feel, I don't look quite genteel,
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*Version from [[Deseret Sunday School Songs, 1909]] (no. 269)
But never mind, for I'm a boy, that's always full of joy,
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**[[media:269 The Mormon Boy.pdf|PDF]]
A rough and ready sort of chap, an honest Mormon boy
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**[[media:269 The Mormon Boy.mid|MIDI]]
A Mormon Boy, A Mormon Boy, I am a Mormon Boy,
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**[[media:269 The Mormon Boy.ly|LilyPond]]
I might be envied by a king, for I am a Mormon Boy.
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**Copyright: [[Public Domain]]
My father was a Mormon, true, and when I am a man
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**Contributer: [[User:Veramet|Veramet]] 01:22, 29 August 2007 (MDT)
I want to be like him and do just all the good I can.
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My faults I'll try to overcome and while I life enjoy,
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=Tunes=
With pride I'll lift my head and say, I am a Mormon Boy.
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*Tune used in [[Deseret Sunday School Songs, 1909]] (no. 34), by [[Evan Stephens]]
Chorus again.
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**Copyright: [[Public Domain]]
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=Lyrics=
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*Poet: [[Evan Stephens]]
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*Copyright: [[Public Domain]]
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==Lyrics from [[Deseret Sunday School Songs, 1909]] (no. 269)==
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<pre>1. Kind friends, as here I stand to sing,
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So very queer <nowiki>[strange]</nowiki> I feel,
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That now I've made my bow, I fear
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I don't look quite genteel;
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But, never mind, for I'm a boy
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That's always full of joy—
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A rough and ready sort of chap—
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An honest "Mormon" boy.
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Chorus.
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A "Mormon" boy, a "Mormon" boy,
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I am a "Mormon" boy;
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I might be envied by a king,
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For I am a "Mormon" boy.
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2. I'm proud to know that I was born
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Among these mountains high,
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Where I've been taught to love the truth,
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And scorn to tell a lie;
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Yet I'll confess that I am wild,
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And often do annoy,
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My dearest friends, but that's a fault
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Of many a "Mormon" boy.
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3. My father is a "Mormon" true,
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And when I am a man,
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I want to be like him, and do
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Just all the good I can.
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My faults I'll try to overcome,
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And while I life enjoy,
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With pride I'll lift my head, and say,
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I am a "Mormon" boy.</pre>
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Latest revision as of 13:22, 26 February 2009

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Lyrics from Deseret Sunday School Songs, 1909 (no. 269)

1. Kind friends, as here I stand to sing,
So very queer [strange] I feel,
That now I've made my bow, I fear
I don't look quite genteel;
But, never mind, for I'm a boy
That's always full of joy—
A rough and ready sort of chap—
An honest "Mormon" boy.

Chorus.
A "Mormon" boy, a "Mormon" boy,
I am a "Mormon" boy;
I might be envied by a king,
For I am a "Mormon" boy.

2. I'm proud to know that I was born
Among these mountains high,
Where I've been taught to love the truth,
And scorn to tell a lie;
Yet I'll confess that I am wild,
And often do annoy,
My dearest friends, but that's a fault
Of many a "Mormon" boy.

3. My father is a "Mormon" true,
And when I am a man,
I want to be like him, and do
Just all the good I can.
My faults I'll try to overcome,
And while I life enjoy,
With pride I'll lift my head, and say,
I am a "Mormon" boy.