To do your little bit of toil, br To play life's game with head erect; br To stoop to nothing that would soil br Your honor or your self-respect; br To win what gold and fame you can, br But first of all to be a man. br br To know the bitter and the sweet, br The sunshine and the days of rain; br To meet both victory and defeat, br Nor boast too loudly nor complain; br To face whatever fates befall br And be a man throughout it all. br br To seek success in honest strife, br But not to value it so much br That, winning it, you go through life br Stained by dishonor's scarlet touch.