Go the Second Mile
Author: Ruth Muir Gardner
Composer: Ruth Muir Gardner
Languages (3)
This song text has been indexed at SingPraises.net in the following languages:
- English: Go the Second Mile
- Fijian: Ni ko Cakacaka Tu
- Kekchi: Xkabʼ li hiil tatxik
- All Languages →
Statistics
Most common tunes for “Go the Second Mile”
This chart shows the tunes that are paired with this text most frequently, in hymnbooks and other collections published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. If the text appears with the same tune in multiple editions or translations of the same hymnbook, it is only counted once.
Appearances of “Go the Second Mile” over time
This timeline shows which tunes have been used with this text over time, in hymnbooks and other collections published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Copyright status of original text
This text was first published in English, in 1989 or earlier.
In copyright (IRI)
Earliest source indexed at SingPraises.net: CSMP 1982: By Love Serve One Another (1982), p. 9.
Representative lyrics
English (Original Language)
1. When there is a task to do, do it with a smile. Do more than you are asked to do and go the second mile.
2. In your work and in your play, try it for a while. You’ll find that you’ll be happy when you go the second mile.