Give Me A Man Of Honest Heart - song lyrics 
American Old-time song lyrics from www.traditionalmusic.co.uk 
Give Me a Man of Honest Heart. Words by O. Stedman. Music by M. Hobson. 
Give me a man of honest heart, I care not what he be; He may be rich, he may be poor, It matters not to me. He may not wear a silken vest, Or boast of high degree; But if he owns an honest heart, He's nature's all to me; But if he owns an honest heart, He's nature's all to me. 
Chorus. All praise then be to him Who acts a noble part; For a right good man is he Who owns an honest heart. 
What if a man can learning boast, And wealth of golden ore? Yet, if he lacks an honest heart, I call him yet but poor. Tell me not of wealth and rank, They're bubbles on the sea; A man may dwell in gilded hulls, But may not honest be.-Chorus. 
Oh! if he owns an honest heart, Is gentle, true and kind, We need not search the wide world o'er, A better man to And. Then give to every man his due, Who acts the honest plan; It is the heart, and not the coat, That makes the honest man.-Chorus.