Answer the First Rap

"Answer the First Rap" is from Carrie Jacobs-Bond's collection Half-Minute Songs.

Date: 1911Composer: Carrie Jacobs-BondText: Carrie Jacobs-BondSong Collection: Half-Minute Songs

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Answer the First Rap
by Carrie Jacobs-Bond

Opportunity may knock often,
But it’s better to answer the first rap!

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Half-Minute Songs

Composer(s): Carrie Jacobs-Bond

Song(s): 1. Making the Best of It
2. First Ask Yourself
3. To Understand
4. How to Find Success
5. The Pleasure of Giving
6. Answer the First Rap
7. A Good Exercise
8. A Present from Yourself
9. Now and Then
10. When They Say the Unkind Things
11. Keep Awake
12. Doan' Yo' Lis'n

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