Abstract
The popular play Annie features a song by a little orphan girl entitled 'It's a Hard Knocks Life'. In it the little girl sings, 'Once a day don't you want to throw the towel in, it's easier than putting up a fight'. Thankfully, Annie, the heroine of the play, maintains an optimism which carries her through a series of difficult circumstances. In these situations she encourages both orphan and president alike by singing, 'The sun will come out tomorrow; put away the sadness and the sorrow'. In the end Annie is adopted by kind and benevolent Daddy Warbucks, and all works out well in the end for Annie and the other orphans.