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English Audio Request

Gulzhanar
154 Words / 2 Recordings / 2 Comments
Note to recorder:

I wouldlikeboth a famine and male voice at a natural speed

Be The Best. :
It you can’t be a pine on the top of the hill,
Be a scrub in the valley – but be
The best little scrub by the side of the rill;
Be a bush, if you can’t be a tree.
If you can’t be a bush, be a bit of the grass,
And some highway happier make;
If you can’t be a muskie, then just be a bass-
But the liveliest bass in the lake!
We can’t all be captains, we’ve got to be crew,
There’s something for all of us here.
There’s big work to do and there’s lesser to do
And the task we must do is the near.
If you can’t be a highway, then just be a trail,
If you can’t be the sun, be a star;
It isn’t by size that you win or you fail-
Be the best of whatever you are!

Douglas Malloch

Recordings

  • Poem :Be the Best ( recorded by paulolins89 ), Brazilian Portuguese, American English

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  • Poem :Be the Best ( recorded by jotsecham ), Australian, American

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    Corrected Text
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    Be The Best. :
    If you can’t be a pine on the top of the hill,
    Be a scrub in the valley – but be
    The best little scrub by the side of the rill;
    Be a bush, if you can’t be a tree.
    If you can’t be a bush, be a bit of the grass,
    And some highway happier make;
    If you can’t be a muskie, then just be a bass-
    But the liveliest bass in the lake!
    We can’t all be captains, we’ve got to be crew,
    There’s something for all of us here.
    There’s big work to do and there’s lesser to do
    And the task we must do is the near.
    If you can’t be a highway, then just be a trail,
    If you can’t be the sun, be a star;
    It isn’t by size that you win or you fail-
    Be the best of whatever you are!

    Douglas Malloch

Comments

Gulzhanar
Aug. 15, 2017

Thank you very much, Paulo!

paulolins89
Aug. 15, 2017

Welcome!

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