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The Best is Good Enough

from Stuff of Stars by Kat Wallace and David Sasso

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In a nod to our bluegrass beginnings, this is another setting of a Riley poem, updated with a couple of additional verses we cooked up.

Lyrics - James Whitcomb Riley (1849-1916)
Additional lyrics - Kat Wallace and David Sasso
Music - David Sasso

David - Octave Mandolin and Vocals
Kat - Fiddle and Vocals

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I quarrel not with destiny,
But make the best of everything--
The best is good enough for me.

Leave discontent alone, and she
Will shut her mouth and let you sing.
I quarrel not with destiny.

I take some things, or let 'em be--
Good gold has always got the ring;
The best is good enough for me.

Since fate insists on secrecy,
I have no arguments to bring--
I quarrel not with destiny.

The fellow that goes 'haw' for 'gee'
Will have no arguments to bring--
The best is good enough for me.

I take some things, or let 'em be--
Good gold has always got the ring;
The best is good enough for me.

Since love will make a fool of me,
A fool in love I’m meant to be--
The best is good enough for me.

When death has come to set me free,
You’ll sing this song to remember me.
I quarrel not with destiny.

I take some things, or let 'em be--
Good gold has always got the ring;
The best is good enough for me.

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from Stuff of Stars, released August 16, 2019

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Kat Wallace and David Sasso New Haven, Connecticut

Kat & David met playing hard and fast bluegrass with New Haven string band Five ‘n Change. Their shared background in classical music and affinity for all things trad brought them together to form an intimate and virtuosic duo. With fiddle and various mandolin-family instruments, Wallace & Sasso orbit traditional folk, original songwriting, and the ever-evolving boundaries of Americana music. ... more

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