I Always Take It Cool

DESCRIPTION: "Now, just keep cool and lend your ears And listen to my song..., I always get along... When other folks get in a heat, I always take it cool." When there are robberies or fights, or even lonely girls, he takes what is left behind.
AUTHOR: Tony Pastor (source: Music in Gotham web site)
EARLIEST DATE: 1869 (Thats-The-Style-For-Me-Songster); the Music in Gotham site says it was sung by Tony Pastor in 1863
KEYWORDS: theft fight | cool collecting
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Thats-The-Style-For-Me-Songster, p. 23, "I Always Take It Cool" (1 text)
Roud #V51346
BROADSIDES:
Library of Congress, "I Always Take It Cool," de Marsan (New York), n.d.
NOTES [36 words]: Although this piece does not have a proper Roud number as of this writing, there appears to be a field recording in the Edith Fowke collection, so I have indexed it, even though I can't verify the Fowke recording. - RBW
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