{"id":121,"date":"2022-05-04T21:20:47","date_gmt":"2022-05-04T21:20:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jlinnallen.com\/blog\/?p=121"},"modified":"2025-08-22T18:20:04","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T18:20:04","slug":"do-no-harm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jlinnallen.com\/blog\/2022\/05\/04\/do-no-harm\/","title":{"rendered":"DO NO HARM"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This is the final song from a show about the hopes of youth in the 1960s and how so many of them foundered in violence and disillusion. It\u2019s sung by a couple who went from na\u00efve idealism to sobered resignation and a determination to adapt to a new reality in the most positive way they could. –J. Linn Allen<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDO NO HARM<\/strong>\u201d from the musical <\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

IN THAT DAWN<\/em><\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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FIRST, DO NO HARM. <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

FOR ALL WHO WANT TO GET IT RIGHT<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NO MATTER WHERE YOU SET YOUR SIGHT<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NO MATTER HOW YOU SHINE YOUR LIGHT<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

REPEAT THE MANTRA LIKE A CHARM<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

FIRST THING–DO NO HARM.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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WE’RE MADE OF WHAT SURROUNDS US <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

THE DARKEST EARTH, THE LIGHTEST AIR <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

LET OUR LIGHT WITH DARKNESS SHARE<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

RISE WITH THE SUN AND SEE IT DOWN <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

AND SAY AN EVENING PRAYER.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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PLANT OUR CROPS AND NURTURE THEM<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

WATER THEM AND HOE THE WEEDS<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

PICK AND EAT THEM WHEN THEY\u2019RE READY<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

IN THE FALL PUT UP PRESERVES<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ALWAYS SAVE THE SEEDS.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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BUT FIRST, WE\u2019LL DO NO HARM. <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

FOR ALL WHO WANT GET IT RIGHT<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NO MATTER WHERE YOU SET YOUR SIGHT<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NO MATTER HOW YOU SHINE YOUR LIGHT<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

INK THE MOTTO ON YOUR ARM<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

FIRST THING–DO NO HARM. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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WE KNOW THERE HAVE TO BE SOLUTIONS <\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

JUSTICE IN A WORLD OF WRONG<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

BUT DON\u2019T GET LOST IN HATE AND FURY<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

SIT UP HIGH AS JUDGE AND JURY<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

WHERE YOU DON\u2019T BELONG<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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IT\u2019S ALWAYS EASY TO GET ANGRY<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

LET THE RIGHTEOUS BLOOD RUN HOT<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

SOMETIMES IT\u2019S THE ONLY WAY<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

TO MAKE SURE EVIL\u2019S ON DISPLAY<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

PUT POWER ON THE SPOT<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

BUT SOMETIMES MAYBE NOT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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TIME AND FATE HAVE WAYS OF BRINGING<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CONSEQUENCES NOT FORESEEN <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

WE CAN\u2019T TELL HOW PRESENT DARKNESS<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

MIGHT RESULT IN LIGHT TOMORROW<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

OR SHADOWS IN BETWEEN <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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SO FIRST, DO NO HARM. <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

FOR ALL WHO WANT TO DO IT RIGHT<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NO MATTER WHERE YOU SET YOUR SIGHT<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NO MATTER HOW YOU SHINE YOUR LIGHT<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

SOUND IT LIKE A NIGHT ALARM–<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

FIRST THING–DO NO HARM. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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DEAL WITH WIND AND DEAL WITH RAIN<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

HANDLE PROBLEMS THAT YOU CAN<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ASK FOR GUIDANCE WHEN YOU NEED<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ON YOUR OWN YOU WON\u2019T SUCCEED<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

TRY TO HAVE A PLAN<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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AND FIRST, DO NO HARM. <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

FOR ALL WHO WANT TO GET IT RIGHT<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NO MATTER WHERE YOU SET YOUR SIGHT<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NO MATTER HOW YOU SHINE YOUR LIGHT<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

DOCTORS SAY IT<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

WE SHOULD ALL JOIN HANDS AND PRAY IT<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

THINK ABOUT IT EVERYDAY<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

GRIP IT LIKE A MAGIC CHARM<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

TRY TO DO NO HARM. <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n


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