Ac-cent-tchu-ate The Positive 1944 JPitt-Payne

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 25Apr2014
2014

Gather 'round me ev'rybody
Gather 'round me while I preach some
feel a sermon
comin' on me
the topic will be sin
and that's what I'm "agin."
If you wanna hear my story
then settle back
and just sit tight
while I start reviewin'
the attitude of doin' right.

You've got to accenttchuate the positive
Eliminate the negative
latch on to the affirmative
don't mess with Mister Inbetween.
You've got to spread joy
up to the maximum
bring gloom down to the minimum,
have faith or pandemonium
li'ble to walk upon the scene.
To illustrate my last remark:
Jonah in the whale,
Noah in the Ark,
What did they do
just when ev'rything looked so dark?
"Man," they said,
"We better accenttchuate the positive
Eliminate the negative
latch on to the affirmative
don't mess with Mister Inbetween.
No!
Don't mess with Mister Inbetween."

You've got to accenttchuate the positive
Eliminate the negative
latch on to the affirmative
don't mess with Mister Inbetween.
You've got to spread joy
up to the maximum
bring gloom down to the minimum,
have faith or pandemonium
li'ble to walk upon the scene.
To illustrate my last remark:
Jonah in the whale,
Noah in the Ark,
What did they do
just when ev'rything looked so dark?
"Man," they said,
"We better accenttchuate the positive
Eliminate the negative
latch on to the affirmative
don't mess with Mister Inbetween.
No!
Don't mess with Mister Inbetween."

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Ac-cent-tchu-ate The Positive 1944 JPitt-Payne
sung in the Paramount Picture "Here Come The Waves"
starring Bing Crosby, Betty Hutton & Sonny Tufts
Music by Harold Arlen
Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
© 1944 by Edwin H. Morris & Company Inc. New York
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Friday 25 April 2014 at 17.07
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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