"There's Fortune on Before Us Boys!" (1853)
The New Popular Song, with Chorus
Written by
Charles Sheard,
The Music Composed and Dedicated to His Friend
Mr. George Payne,
by
George Henry Russell.

London: Musical Bouquet Office, 192 High Holborn;
& J. Allen, 20 Warwick Lane, Paternoster Row.
Nos. 746 & 747 Musical Bouquet.
[Date is "extrapolated" from the fact that "Old Dog Tray" by Stephen Foster, was republished by them as No. 745, which is known have been originally copyrighted in 1853.]

VERSE
There's for-tune on be-fore us, boys,
We'll seek it day by day,
And if we strive and per-se-vere,
'Twill meet us half the way;

With toil-ful brow and stal-wart arm,
We've sought it far and near,
Oh ne-ver let our cou-rage fail,
but strive and per-se-vere!

There's for-tune on be-fore us, boys,
We'll seek it day by day,
And if we strive and per-se-vere
'Twill meet us half the way.

CHORUS
There's for-tune on be-fore us, boys,
We'll seek it day by day,
And if we strive and per-se-vere,
'Twill meet us half the way!