We are mer­ry mis­sion­ar­ies,
Don’t you see?
And we give our shin­ing pen­nies,
Give them free.

Refrain

Don’t you hear the pen­nies drop­ping?
Dropping, drop­ping, drop­ping, drop­ping,
Never seem to think of stop­ping,
Hear them fall.

We’re so sor­ry hea­then peo­ple
Never know
All about the gen­tle Je­sus,
Kind and true.

Refrain

Pennies help to tell the sto­ry
Once again,
How the lov­ing, ten­der Sav­ior
Died for them.

Refrain

Now we’re com­ing down among you
With our cup,
And we hope that you will kind­ly
Fill it up.

Refrain

You big people might give dol­lars,
We should say,
If you can’t give some­thing small­er,
Any way.

Refrain