Tune: “Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms”

Oh! Friends as we gather once more to renew,

Our hopes and our faith in our task,

May our failures all fade, as the mist and the dew,

While strength for new duties we ask,

We must work with new zest,

We must all do our best

To render the service we see

Then let’s all join our hands and go forth for the test,

That effective our efforts may be.