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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.
Alternate: May the great Scoutmaster of all good Scouts be with us until we meet again, as we run life's race, at a good Scout's pace, 'til we meet him at the end.
# And now may our heavenly Scoutmaster watch over us and all ordinary Scouts, and may we follow the trail that leads to him.

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

'''Original Scout Vespers'''

<blockquote>Softly falls the light of day,<br />
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==References==
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[[Category:Scouting]]
[[Category:Institutional songs]]