ACCENTUATE THE POSITIVE
(lyrics by Johnny Mercer, music by Harold Arlen)

Gather 'round me, everybody
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 Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive
E-lim-mynate the negative,
Latch on to the affirmative
Don't mess with Mister In-between.
You've got to spread joy up to the maximum,
Bring gloom down to a minimum,
Have faith or pandemonium's 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 everything looked so dark?

""Man,"" they said,
""We better Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive
E-lim-mynate the negative,
Latch on to the affirmative
Don't mess with Mister In-between.""
No! Don't mess with Mister In-between.

Or so they say. Whatever the case, I have to say that
Johnny Mercer was one darn good lyricist. JO

copyright Johnny Mercer
filename[ ACCNTPOS
JO
OCT98
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