He Took It In A Quite Good Natured Way - song lyrics 
American Old-time song lyrics from www.traditionalmusic.co.uk 
HE TOOK IT IN A QUITE GOOD NATURED WAY. Copyright, 1897, by T. B Harms & Co. Words by Edgar Smith. Music by Frank David. 
I like the man whose atmosphere is always calm and pleasant, Upon whose face the haughty sneer is ne'er known to be present; Who does not think the earth his own by patent right exclusive, And when you linger near his throne does not become abusive, But he takes it in a quite good-natured way, And never has a naughty word to say: And when he finds that you are upon the foot-stool, too, Just takes it in a quite good-natured way. 
I knew a man that had a cough, a harmless irritation; A cold that could be driven off by simple application; But every time he met a friend, a new cure was suggested, And in each cure they'd recommend, he rushed off and invested. And he took it in a quite good-natured way; He took a batch of new cures ev'ry day. When his funeral supplied his friends with a free tide. They took it in a quite good-natured way. 
While riding on a trolly car, and holding fast to leather, A stranger made the regular remark about the weather; Just then a sudden jolt occurred, my friend perched on my bunions; He was a jolly fat, old bird, and be was stuffed with onions, But I took it in a quite good-natured way. And the stranger had a pleasant word to say, But the mix-up we were in brought him next my diamond pin, We took it in a quite good-natured way. 
The Cleveland reign, at Washington, will presently be over: Ere many days their course have run, we'll bid farewell to Grover. We wish him well, and hope that care will never make him thinner; He leaves the Presidential chair the first and only winner. Still we take it in a quite good-natured way, But there's wild, hilarious joy in Chesapeake Bay, Each ducklet flaps his wings and jubilantly sings, We take it in a quite good-natured way.