Fading away, like the stars of the morning
Losing their light in the glorious sun
So let me steal away, gently and lovingly,
Only remembered by what I have done,
Only remembered by what I have done.

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Ever remembered, forever remembered,
Ever remembered while the years are rolling on,
Ever remembered, forever remembered,
Only remembered by what I have done.

So let my name and my place be forgotten
Only my life-race patiently run
So let me pass away, peacefully, silently,
Only remembered by what I have done.
Only remembered by what I have done.

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So in the harvest, if others may gather
Sheaves from the fields that in spring I have sown,
Who plowed or sowed matters not to the reaper,
I'm only remembered by what I have done.

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Fading away like the stars of the morning,
So let my name be unhonored, unknown,
Here, or up younder, I must be remembered,
Only remembered by what I have done.

(chorus)