TELL THEM NOW

If with pleasure you are viewing Any work someone is doing If you like 'em, or you love them, tell them now Don't withhold your approbation 'Til the person makes oration And they lie with snowy lilies on their brow No matter how you shout it They won't really care about it They won't know how many teardrops you have shed If you think some praise is due them Now's the time to slip it to them For they cannot read their tombstone when they're dead If with pleasure you are viewing Any work someone is doing If you like 'em, or you love them, tell them now Don't withhold your approbation 'Til the person makes oration And they lie with snowy lilies on their brow More than fame, and more than money Is the comment kind and sunny And the hearty, warm approval of a friend For it gives to life a savor And it makes you stronger, braver And it gives you heart and spirit to the end If she earns your praise, bestow it If you like him, let him know it Let the words of true encouragement be said Do not wait 'til life is over And they're underneath the clover For they cannot read their tombstone when they're dead If with pleasure you are viewing Any work a man is doing If you like 'em, or you love them, tell them now Don't withhold your approbation 'Til the person makes oration And they lie with snowy lilies on their brow If with pleasure you are viewing Any work someone is doing If you like 'em, or you love them, tell them now Don't withhold your approbation 'Til the person makes oration And they lie with snowy lilies on their brow