“Sad times
May follow your tracks,
Bad times
May bar you from Saks,
Add times
When Satan in slacks
Breaks down your self control...”

—  Cole Porter

"Ace in the Hole"
Let's Face It (1941)

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American composer and songwriter 1891–1964

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