Keep cool (Solomon W. Straub)
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- Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-12-12). Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 485 kB Copyright: Personal
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Title: Keep cool
Composer: Solomon W. Straub
Lyricist: Ellen Palmer Allerton
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1879 S. W. Straub & Co.
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Original text and translations
English text
It never did, and never will,
Put things in better fashion—
Though rough the road and steep the hill,
To fly into a passion.
And never yet did fume or fret
Mend any broken bubble:
The direst evil, bravely met,
Is but a conquered trouble.
Always keep cool,
Always keep cool,
No matter what troubles
Always keep cool, keep cool.
And if a thing be hard to bear
When nerve and brain are ready,
Let fiery passions rave and tear,
It finds us maimed already.
Who yields to anger conquered lies—
A captive none can pity;
Who rules his spirit greater is
Than he who takes a city.
A hero he, though drums are mute,
And no bright banners flaunted—
He treads his passion under foot,
And meets the world undaunted.
Oh, then to bravely do our best,
Howe’er the winds are blowing,
And meekly leave to God the rest,
Is wisdom worth the knowing.