Pick Yourself Up

(from "Swing Time") FRED: Please teacher, teach me something. Nice teacher, teach me something. I'm as awkward as a camel. That's not the worst. My two feet haven't met yet. But I'll be teacher's pet yet, 'Cause I'm going to learn to dance or burst. GINGER: Nothing's impossible, I have found. For when my chin is on the ground, I pick myself up, dust myself off, Start all over again. Don't lose your confidence if you slip. Be grateful for a pleasant trip, And pick yourself up; dust yourself off; Start all over again. Work like a soul inspired 'Til the battle of the day is won. You may be sick and tired, But you'll be a man, my son. Will you remember the famous men Who had to fall to rise again. So take a deep breath; Pick yourself up; Dust yourself off; Start all over again. FRED: I'll get some self assurance If your endurance is great. I'll learn by easy stages If you're courageous and wait. To feel the strength I want to, I must hang onto your hand. Maybe by the time I'm fifty, I'll get up and do a nifty. (dialogue) FRED: Pick yourself up; dust yourself off; Start all over again.