The Uncheered Hero

Tim Brooks he studies awful hard And faithful all the year, But goes out in the school house yard And never gets a cheer; And Billy Gibbs, he shirks and frets-- He hates to work at all-- But you should hear the cheer he gets Because he hits the ball.

Tim Brooks he always leads his class And gets his lessons done; But Billy Gibbs lets hours pass Just thinking up some fun; But no one cheers and throws his hat And says: “Hurrah for Tim!” But when Bill Gibbs goes up to bat The boys all cheer for him.

Bill Gibbs he suffers awful pain When he comes to recite; He cannot do his sums again Or get his grammar right; Then teacher calls on Timmy Brooks And points to him with pride, But when we play a game she looks And cheers for Bill outside.

Sometimes Tim Brooks he sees the game And watches Bill at bat, He gets excited just the same And cheers and throws his hat; But when he has his sums in school And Bill is watching him, Bill quite forgets the Golden Rule And never cheers for Tim.

I guess I’d rather be like Tim Than Billy Gibbs, but when The boys outside are cheering him It sounds quite pleasant then; And it must sometimes seem quite hard To study all the year, And go out in the school house yard But never get a cheer!