<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><div><b>“It Couldn’t Be Done”</b> by Edgar Guest</div><div><br></div><div>Somebody said that it couldn’t be done </div><div>But he with a chuckle replied </div><div>That "maybe it couldn't," but he would be one </div><div>Who wouldn't say so till he'd tried. </div><div>So he buckled right in with the trace of a grin </div><div>On his face. If he worried he hid it. </div><div>He started to sing as he tackled the thing </div><div>That couldn’t be done, and he did it! </div><div><br></div><div>Somebody scoffed: "Oh, you’ll never do that; </div><div>At least no one ever has done it;"</div><div>But he took off his coat and he took off his hat </div><div>And the first thing we knew he'd begun it. </div><div>With a lift of his chin and a bit of a grin, </div><div>Without any doubting or quiddit, </div><div>He started to sing as he tackled the thing </div><div>That couldn't be done, and he did it. </div><div><br></div><div>There are thousands to tell you it cannot be done, </div><div>There are thousands to prophesy failure, </div><div>There are thousands to point out to you one by one, </div><div>The dangers that wait to assail you. </div><div>But just buckle in with a bit of a grin, </div><div>Just take off your coat and go to it; </div><div>Just start in to sing as you tackle the thing </div><div>That "cannot be done," and you'll do it.</div><div><br></div><div>—————-</div><div><br></div><div>Song by Dr Thomas Les Purce at the MLK Breakfast - January 18, 2014</div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQV_0PxJZ0Q&sns=em">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQV_0PxJZ0Q&sns=em</a></div></div><div><br></div><div>——————————————-</div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div></div></body></html>