Golden Days for Boys and Girls - Boardwalk Empire Season 5 Intro - Be Honest and True Boys

Golden Days for Boys and Girls was a weekly periodical for children published in Philadelphia, USA, from 1880 to 1907. The poem used in the first episode of the fifth season of the HBO series Boardwalk Empire has as title 'Be Honest and True', by George Birdseye, published in Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Volume VIII, No 25: May 21, 1887. The poem consist of four stanzas. In the opening scene, the three first are used. In the closing one, the last three. Minor modifications of the original were made for the series. Original Poem BE HONEST AND TRUE. By George Birdseye. Be honest and true, boys! Whatever you do, boys, Let this be your motto through life. Both now and forever, Be this your endeavor, When wrong with the right is at strife. The best and the truest, Alas! are the fewest; But be one of these if you can. In duty ne'er fail; you Will find 'twill avail you, And bring its reward when a man. Don't think life plain sailing; There's danger of failing, Though bright seem the future to be; But honor and labor, And truth to your neighbor, Will bear you safe over life's seas. Then up and be doing, Right only pursuing, And take your fair part in the strife. Be honest and true, boys, Whatever you do, boys, Let this be your motto through life.