When trials come as they always do,
Why not rejoice and travel on?
When days are long and hearts are blue,
Why not rejoice and travel on?

So many good folks could much better be,
If they would laugh and travel on,
For no one's so bound they can't be free,
If they would laugh and travel on.

When all of life's journey seems up hill,
Just smile and travel on,
The top is near, and the downgrade's a thrill;
So just smile and travel on.

Tho' tunnels are frequent and curves make you sway,
Keep steady and travel on;
No detour can hinder your homecoming day,
If you keep steady and travel on.

Now storms are coming; they come to us all,
But just grin and travel on.
The winds can't bother or make you fall,
If you just grin and travel on.

So rejoice and laugh and keep your smile
And be sure to travel on.
For you'll walk with a grin the homeward mile
If you look up and travel on.

When in heaven some day, you look back to see,
When storms and trials are gone,
You'd never have made it to the land of the free,
If you hadn't traveled on.