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No. 3 - Song - Peter Stuyvesant - "Just keep cool."

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Stuyvesant: Take advice from Peter Stuyvesant, the ruler of the Dutch;
There may be wiser men than I, but not so very much.
If troubles thick assail you, you can dodge 'em if you try.
Just light your pipe and take a smoke and let the world go by.
Never let yourself be worried, or hurried, or flurried.
If you do, you'll soon be buried.
Care will only kill a fool.
If the trials of life beset you, or fret you, I'll bet you
That the hoo-doo never get you
If you just keep cool.
   
  Nearly all the ills that worry us are shadows of a day.
Just turn your smile upon them, and they'll quickly fade away.
Any man who looks for trouble always finds it in a trice.
But ice is cheap. Refrigerate, remember Pete's advice.
Never let yourself be worried, or hurried, or flurried.
If you do, you'll soon be buried.
Care will only kill a fool.
If the trials of life beset you, or fret you, I'll bet you
That the hoo-doo never get you
If you just keep cool.


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