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Scout vespers
'''Scout vespers''' is a traditional song that is usually &mdash; like other [[vespers]] &mdash; sung at the conclusion of the day or service, especially at the end of a [[campfire]] service.

==Lyrics==
===United Kingdom===
''Tune of "[[O Tannenbaum|O, Christmas Tree]]"''[[File:Oh Christmas Tree.ogg]]

'''Cub Scout Vesper Song''' <ref>[http://www.warleyscouts.org.uk/resources/campfiresongs/15.php Campfiresongs warleyscouts]</ref><br />
<blockquote>Softly falls the light of day,<br />
While our campfire fades away,<br />
Silently each Cub should ask,<br />
Have I done my daily task?<br />
For my country done my best?<br />
Prayed to God before I rest?<br />
Helped a friend along the way?<br />
Have I done my best today?<br /></blockquote>

===United States===
'''Scout Vespers''' is a traditional song of the [[Scouting|Boy Scouts]]. The first verse below is universal, but the second is at times omitted. The song occasionally ends with one of these 2 spoken [[blessing]]s:
# May the great Master of all Scouts be with us 'til we meet again, and may we follow the path that leads to him
# And now may our heavenly Scoutmaster watch over us and all ordinary Scouts, and may we follow the trail that leads to him.

# This site is completely WRONG about the Boy Scout Vespers.  Vespers is NOT a song, it is weird little chant or prayer.  There is no mention of God or Jesus in this crazy chant.  I've been in Scouts for 35 years and have never heard of any of the songs or versions listed here.⏎
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''Tune of "[[O Tannenbaum|O, Christmas Tree]]"''[[File:Oh Christmas Tree.ogg]]

'''Original Scout Vespers'''

<blockquote>Softly falls the light of day,<br />
As our campfire fades away.<br />
Silently each Scout should ask,<br />
"Have I done my daily task?<br />
(contracted; show full)==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Scouting]]
[[Category:Institutional songs]]


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