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Keep Cool! The Country's Saving Fuel

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Title
Keep Cool! The Country's Saving Fuel - Lyrics
Composer
McCarron, Chas. R.  
Lyricist
McCarron, Chas. R.  
Publisher
Jos. W. Stern & Co.  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Lyrics
Keep Cool the Country’s Saving Fuel (I Had to Come Home in the Dark) Verse: A married man was Pat McCann who loved to stay out late, And with a stout good “bawlin’ out” for him his wife would wait, No more would she accept his plea of being at the “lodge” And so last night he came home tight and pulled this camouflage. Refrain: Dear, keep cool, the country’s saving fuel, And I had to come home in the dark Wife of mine, I started home at nine, But the streets were all so foggy, I walked ‘round ‘till I got groggy, In the gloaming, I was roaming, All the lights were out, what could I do: I knew that you would sit up, So darlin’ I got lit up, To find my way back home to you. Verse: The only lights these lightless nights that I have ever seen, Are on a sign marked “Precinct Nine” and both of them are green, I know that you are mad clean through, but be a Patriot, When tempers rise, economize and never get too hot. Refrain: Dear, keep cool, the country’s saving fuel, And I had to come home i
Repository
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Rights
No Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Record Series 12/9/96
  • Series 2, Box 16, Folder 9
Local Identifier
2014_12996_400
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

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Title
Keep Cool! The Country's Saving Fuel
Composer
McCarron, Chas. R.  
Lyricist
McCarron, Chas. R.  
Publisher
Jos. W. Stern & Co.  
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication
1918  
Date of Copyright
1918-03-04
Lyrics
Keep Cool the Country’s Saving Fuel (I Had to Come Home in the Dark) Verse: A married man was Pat McCann who loved to stay out late, And with a stout good “bawlin’ out” for him his wife would wait, No more would she accept his plea of being at the “lodge” And so last night he came home tight and pulled this camouflage. Refrain: Dear, keep cool, the country’s saving fuel, And I had to come home in the dark Wife of mine, I started home at nine, But the streets were all so foggy, I walked ‘round ‘till I got groggy, In the gloaming, I was roaming, All the lights were out, what could I do: I knew that you would sit up, So darlin’ I got lit up, To find my way back home to you. Verse: The only lights these lightless nights that I have ever seen, Are on a sign marked “Precinct Nine” and both of them are green, I know that you are mad clean through, but be a Patriot, When tempers rise, economize and never get too hot. Refrain: Dear, keep cool, the country’s saving fuel, And I had to come home i
Repository
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Rights
No Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Series 2, Box 16, Folder 9
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier
2014_12996_400
Collection Title
James Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
Collection
James Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection
TitleKeep Cool! The Country's Saving Fuel
ComposerMcCarron, Chas. R.  
LyricistMcCarron, Chas. R.  
PublisherJos. W. Stern & Co.  
Place of PublicationNew York (N.Y.)  
Year of Publication1918  
Date of Copyright1918-03-04
LyricsKeep Cool the Country’s Saving Fuel (I Had to Come Home in the Dark) Verse: A married man was Pat McCann who loved to stay out late, And with a stout good “bawlin’ out” for him his wife would wait, No more would she accept his plea of being at the “lodge” And so last night he came home tight and pulled this camouflage. Refrain: Dear, keep cool, the country’s saving fuel, And I had to come home in the dark Wife of mine, I started home at nine, But the streets were all so foggy, I walked ‘round ‘till I got groggy, In the gloaming, I was roaming, All the lights were out, what could I do: I knew that you would sit up, So darlin’ I got lit up, To find my way back home to you. Verse: The only lights these lightless nights that I have ever seen, Are on a sign marked “Precinct Nine” and both of them are green, I know that you are mad clean through, but be a Patriot, When tempers rise, economize and never get too hot. Refrain: Dear, keep cool, the country’s saving fuel, And I had to come home i
RepositoryUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
RightsNo Copyright - United States
Original Location
  • Series 2, Box 16, Folder 9
  • Record Series 12/9/96
Local Identifier2014_12996_400
Collection TitleJames Edward Myers Sheet Music Collection, 1836-1986
CollectionJames Edward Myers World War I Sheet Music Collection

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