Little drops of water

Little drops of water. Julia A. Carney* (1823-1908). Written in 1845, when it was published in a Boston Primary School Reader. In JJ, p. 679, it was attributed to Dr Ebenezer C. Brewer, with two texts added. One was that of Brewer, a highly moral five verses ending: Every finished labour Once did but begin; Try, and go on trying, That’s the way to win. The other was the text of Carney’s hymn, called ‘American Version’. In his ‘New Supplement’ (1907) JJ corrected this, noting that ‘Dr Brewer began his version of the hymn in 1848 by adopting the opening stanza of Mrs Carney’s version of 1845, and adding thereto four inferior verses of his own’ (p. 1665). Percy Dearmer* was more...