This is an oldie -- is it anywhere close?




When things don't go to suit you,
What use to frown and sigh?
You can't frown back the sunshine
That's missing from the sky,
Nor frown away the winter
In wishing it were spring.
The wisest thing to do, my friend,
Is just keep sweet -- and sing!

A song will make one's burden
Seem lighter, while a sigh
Adds to the load we carry,
We can't tell how, or why.
We only know it does it,
And that the lilt and swing
Of cheerful song makes happy heart;
So just keep sweet -- and sing!

Don't fret, and fume, and worry,
And make things worse, say I,
Since we can't help what's happened;
So laugh away the sigh,
And trust that on the morrow
The clouds will all take wing,
Believing God knows what is best;   
So just keep sweet -- and sing!

attributed to Eben E. Rexford