1. Catch the sunshine! tho’ it flickersThro’ a dark and dismal cloud,Tho’ it falls so faint and feebleOn a heart with sorrow bowed.Catch it quickly! it is passing;Passing rapidly away;It has only come to tell youThere is yet a brighter day.
2. Catch the sunshine! tho’ life’s tempestMay unfurl its chilling blast,Catch the little, hopeful stragglerStorms will not forever last;Don’t give up and say “forsaken!”Don’t begin and say “I’m sad!”Look! there comes a gleam of sunshine!Catch it! oh, it seems so glad.
3. Catch the sunshine! don’t be grievingO’er that darksome billow there!Life’s a sea of stormy billows,We must meet them ev’rywhere.Pass right thro’ them, do not tarry,Overcome the heaving tide,There’s a sparkling gleam of sunshineWaiting on the other side.