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Lyr Req: When Things Don't Go to Suit You |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: When Things Don't Go to Suit You From: GUEST,.gargoyle Date: 05 May 19 - 05:54 PM Mr. Dixon, You are an absolute Mudcat wonder. THANK you ! ! ! Sincerely, Gargoyle A lavender eyed horse may lay dormant for a decade...and you .... |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: When Things Don't Go to Suit You From: GUEST,keberoxu Date: 05 May 19 - 05:37 PM Jim Dixon's contribution in the previous post (well done!) is attributed to the American lyricist whose pen name was "Kate Cameron" , maiden name Maria Burbank Williams, married name "K. [Kate] B. W. Barnes," 1836 - 1873. So says Alfonso Alva Hopkins in his book Waifs, and their Authors, Boston: D. Lothrop & Company, 1879. |
Subject: Lyr Add: SMILE WHENEVER YOU CAN From: Jim Dixon Date: 05 May 19 - 12:31 PM From The Manifesto, Vol. 16, No. 7, (Shaker Village, N. H.: The United Societies, July, 1886), page 153: SMILE WHENEVER YOU CAN. When things don't go to suit you, And the world seems upside down Don't waste your time in fretting, But drive away that frown; Since life is oft perplexing, 'Tis much the wisest plan To bear all trials bravely, And smile whene'er you can. Why should you dread the morrow, And thus despoil to-day? For when you borrow trouble You always have to pay. It is a good old maxim, Which should be often preached— Don't cross the bridge before you Until the bridge is reached. You might be spared much sighing, If you would keep in mind The thought that good and evil Are always here combined. There must be something wanting, And though you roll in wealth, You may miss from your casket That precious jewel—health. And though you're strong and sturdy, You may have an empty purse (And earth has many trials Which I consider worse;) But whether joy or sorrow Fill up your mortal span, 'Twill make your pathway brighter To smile whene'er you can. —Ex. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: When Things Don't Go to Suit You From: Mick Pearce (MCP) Date: 04 May 19 - 07:31 PM It might be a song called Keep Smiling (tune John Brown's Body). See MIA Let's Sing (1962). Mick |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: When Things Don't Go to Suit You From: keberoxu Date: 04 May 19 - 06:53 PM 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 |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: When Things Don't Go to Suit You From: GUEST,keberoxu Date: 04 May 19 - 06:38 PM This isn't one of the George Formby tunes, is it? like Smile a Little Smile or Count Your Blessings and Smile and so on … |
Subject: Lyr Req: When Things Don't Go to Suit You From: GUEST,.gargoyle Date: 04 May 19 - 06:09 PM When things don't go to suit you... And the world seems upside down. Just smile a little smile, Don't face it with a frown. Sincerely, Gargoyle This was a family "rocking chair" song to consol a child in tears...my guess is perhaps the 1930's. |
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