HOPE
DON’T EVER SAY NOPE
‘CAUSE THERE’S ALWAYS HOPE.
EVEN IF YOU DON’T HAVE SOAP
YOU’LL ALWAYS HAVE HOPE.
IF YOU DON’T HAVE BUG DOPE
DON’T GIVE UP ON HOPE.
IF YOU HANG ON TO A ROPE
YOU’LL ALWAYS HANG ON TO HOPE.
IF YOUR DOGS CAN LOPE
YOU KNOW YOU HAVE HOPE.
IF YOU HAVE TO GROPE
MAYBE YOU’LL FIND HOPE.
YOU CAN FIND WAYS TO COPE
THEN YOU’LL HAVE HOPE.
I’VE BEEN TO FORT GOOD HOPE
AN’ I RETURNED WITH GOOD HOPE
IF THEY DON’T DRILL IN THE NORTH SLOPE
OUR CARIBOU WILL HAVE HOPE.
AS LONG AS WE HAVE THE POPE
HE’LL ALWAYS GIVE US HOPE.
Allan Benjamin is a cartoonist from Old Crow, Yukon.