by Eugene O'Neill (1888 - 1953)
A regular sort of a guy
Language: English
He fights where the fighting is thickest And keeps his high honor clean; From finish to start, he is sturdy of heart, Shunning the petty and mean; With his friends in their travail and sorrow, He is ever there to stand by, And hark to their plea, for they all know that he Is a regular sort of a guy. He cheers up the sinner repentant And sets him again on his feet; He is there with a slap, and a pat on the back, For the lowliest bum on the street; He smiles when the going is hardest, With a spirit no money can buy; And take it from me, we all love him 'cause he Is a regular sort of a guy. I don't care for the praise of the nations, Or a niche in the great hall of fame, Or that posterity should remember me When my dust and the dust the same; But my soul will be glad if my friends say As they turn from my bier with a sigh, "Though he left no great name, yet he played out the game Like a regular sort of a guy."
Authorship:
- by Eugene O'Neill (1888 - 1953) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "A regular sort of a guy", 2007 [medium voice and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2008-02-11
Line count: 24
Word count: 194