Lincoln was our president before the fighting started,
Fought the Civil War in order that his people not be parted,
He was helpful to his people be they black or be they white,
And he cried to see 'em fighting, but he wanted what was right,
And he made people happy by what he did, so can you,
Make people happy by what you do...

Now I won't be no president, and I can't be king,
But I'll always try to make you smile, to me that's everything,
And I'm surely not an artist with a Ganvas or a brush,
But I paint my songs with colors that remind me of your touch...

Robin Hood, he was a thief, and Shakespeare was a bard,
Plato a philosopher, D'Artagnan was a guard,
But the thing they had in common was what man had been conceived in,
The idea that you should always strive to do what you believe in...
And he made people happy by what he did, so can you,
Make people happy by what you do...

Now I ain't no philosopher, and I've never been a thief,
But I'd steal your heart tomorrow if your lovin' I could keep
And I'm surely not a swordsman or a marksman with a pen
But I draw these songs with images of seein' you again...

I read that Norman Rockwell died, I never even knew him,
But his paintings showed the people that he loved what he was doin' ,
So you don't have to be a genius, virtuoso or a king,
But you gotta start right from your heart, you know that's everything,
And you'll make people happy if you do...
Make people happy by what you do.. .
 

Notes: This song goes back some three years, to a time when I was pondering an age-old issue: looking for joy in our daily chores. Reading one morning in the Anchorage Daily News that Rockwell passed away reminded -that, although many art critics panned his work, he had an uplifting and enlightening effect on millions of folks --no small achievements in this crazy world.