--- title: Improvement Era description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930. authors: - Green, Lucy M. collections: - periodicals tags: - magazine - improvement-era periodical: Improvement Era volume: 20 number: 8 published: 1917-06 publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations publisher_place: Salt Lake City language: en type: magazine reference: 'Lucy M. Green, "The Useful Scout," *Improvement Era* 20, no. 8 (June 1917): 707.' source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera2008unse transcription: Transcribed from the Internet Archive scan of each issue (the item for each issue is named in the issue's own source); unnumbered advertising leaves are omitted, printed page numbers are kept as page markers. identifier: improvementera2008unse start_page: 707 end_page: 707 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1917-06) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera2008unse publication_year: 1917 note: The Internet Archive item metadata carries a blanket "© Copyright by Intellectual Reserve, Inc." notice. The library owner judged it inapplicable because this issue was published in 1917, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright. --- # The Useful Scout The Useful Scout Firm march time. Words and Music by Lucy M. Green A scout is A scout is A scout is al al al ways cheerful, and hopeful, and helpful; A ways steady, and read-y for du - ty, To ways mor-aljthough youthful, he's truthful; A a 4- P — P — »— :t=: f= t=: -0- ■»• -{5>- 4- H rl F- 1 ?=:l £^E3 » 1 — • 0 e » L ei — 0. scout is ev - er faith-ful and loy - al to his pledge. He aid the weak and need - y, To push their load a - long. He scout is ev - er loy- al To coun - try, home and flag. He :fC"L,_^__tt,_J_J_J_ £-nt P*?: e?=£ (5ZJ r does one good turn ev - ery day, Is honest, brave and strong. A puts his shoulder to the wheel, With earnest zeal and strong. A loves the Red. the White and Blue, His zeal for truth is strong. A t=± ■-t—rt 7-$—W P P P -I — I — h t= tzzt==t=: scout is scout is scout is al - ways al - ways al - ways s=£H^ fcTg n use - f ul, and use - ful, and use - ful, and n ' 4 mm hap-py hap-py hap-py all day all day all day g- -r- f-^i- j — fe — »- — # — # — f & — »— Ft 1 i 1 — rPv«- -^-P-3 Repeat last four measures whistling.