SINGING TIME. “HAVE I DONE ANY GOOD?” song visuals. Children/Youth can learn about service. How they can cheer up the sad, lift someone who has a burden, share, help the sick and weary. Here they can see how to do more and that service can not only bring joy to others but can also bring them joy.
SONG VISUALS:
“Have I Done Any Good”
(Children’s Songbook, p. 223)
DOWNLOAD INCLUDES:
. 40 visuals (color/black-and-white/cue cards) pdf
. Fun Ways to Use Song Visuals pdf
USE SONG VISUALS FOR ANY LANGUAGE – Just add the words on the cue cards provided.
LYRICS & MUSIC FOR THE SONG
“HAVE I DONE ANY GOOD”
TO MAKE AND USE: Mount cue cards on the back of each poster to match the song verse.
FOUR WAYS TO GRAB SONG VISUALS AND SINGING
Lyrics
Have I done any good in the world today?
Have I helped anyone in need?
Have I cheered up the sad and made someone feel glad?
If not, I have failed indeed.
Has anyone’s burden been lighter today
Because I was willing to share?
Have the sick and the weary been helped on their way?
When they needed my help was I there?
[Chorus]
Then wake up and do something more
Than dream of your mansion above.
Doing good is a pleasure, a joy beyond measure,
A blessing of duty and love.
There are chances for work all around just now,
Opportunities right in our way.
Do not let them pass by, saying, “Sometime I’ll try,”
But go and do something today.
’Tis noble of man to work and to give;
Love’s labor has merit alone.
Only he who does something helps others to live.
To God each good work will be known.
[Chorus]
Then wake up and do something more
Than dream of your mansion above.
Doing good is a pleasure, a joy beyond measure,
A blessing of duty and love.
Text and music: Will L. Thompson, 1847–1909, alt.
Scriptures
IDEAS TO PRESENT THIS SONG:
1. Talk about service and how we can bring sunshine on a cloudy day and put a smile on a frowny face.
2. Tell a story about the good Samaritan who found a hungry beaten man on the side of the road and brought him to an inn to be fed and taken care of. Or ask children/youth to tell a story where some good has been done.
3. Bear testimony of the Savior’s plan to come to earth to teach us Heavenly Father’s plan and how He wants us to repent and come back to Him so we can go to heaven. Tell of the “good” Jesus Christ did when He gave His life so that we might live again and be forgiven as we repent and come unto Him. Tell a story of an act of service Jesus did to show us how to love others.
