Doin' What Comes Natur'lly 1946 "Annie Get Your Gun"

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 30 Nov 2006
2006

Folks are dumb where I come from
they ain't had any learnin'
still they're happy as can be
doin' what comes natur'lly
(doin' what comes natur'lly)
Folks like us could never fuss
with schools and books and learnin'
still we've gone from A to Zee
doin' what comes natur'lly
(doin' what comes natur'lly)
You don't have to know how to read or write
when you're out with a feller
in the pale moonlight.
You don't have to look in a book to find
what he thinks of the moon and what is on his mind.
That comes natur'lly
(That comes natur'lly)
My uncle out in Texas
can't even write his name.
He signs his checks with x's
but they cash them just the same.
If you saw my paw and maw
you'd know they had no learnin'
still they raised a family
doin' what comes natur'lly
(doin' what comes natur'lly)

Cousin Jack insured his shack
and now he plays with matches.
He'll collect just wait and see
doin' what comes natur'lly
(doin' what comes natur'lly)
Sister Sal, who's musical,
has never had a lesson,
still she's learned to sing off key
doin' what comes natur'lly
(doin' what comes natur'lly)
You don't have to go to a private school
not to turn up your bustle to a stubborn mule.
You don't have to have a professor's dome
not to go for the honey when the bee's at home.
That comes natur'lly
(That comes natur'lly)
My tiny baby brother who's never read a book,
knows one sex from the other,
all he had to do was look.
Grandpaw Bill lives on the hill
with someone he just married,
there he is at ninety three,
doin' what comes natur'lly
(doin' what comes natur'lly.)

Soft karaoke
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Doin' What Comes Natur'lly 1946
from "Annie Get Your Gun"
Words & Music by Irving Berlin
© 1946 by Irving Berlin Inc.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Thursday 30 December 2006 at 1.16pm
in association with Doug Grierson
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