Accentuate The Positive
( Ac-cent-thu-ate the positive,
e-lim-inate
the negative,
ac-cent-thu-ate
the positive, an' latch on! )
You gotta accent-thu-ate
the positive,
E-lim-inate the negative,
An' latch on
To the affirmative
Don't mess with Mister
in-between!
You gotta spread joy up to
the maximum,
Bring gloom down to the
minimum,
An' have faith
(
Amen! )
Or pandemonium's
Liable to walk upon the
scene!
To illustrate
My last remark
Jonah in the whale!
Noah in the arc!
An' what did they do
(
What did they do? )
Just when everything looked
so dark?
( What did
they, what did they, what did they do? )
Man! they said
You better accent-thu-ate
the positive,
E-lim-inate the negative,
An' latch on
To the affirmative
Don't mess with Mister
in-between!
No, don't mess with
Mister in-between!
( To
illustrate
His last
remark
Jonah in the
whale!
Noah in the
arc! )
An' what did they
do
( What did
they do?
Just when
everything looked so dark?
What did they
do, what did they do? )
Man! they said
You better accent-thu-ate
the positive,
E-lim-inate the negative,
An' latch on
To the affirmative
Don't mess with Mister
in-between!
No, don't mess with
Mister in-between!
No, don't you mess
with Mister in-between!
No, don't mess with
Mister in-between!
Music by
Harold Arlen
with lyrics by
Johnny Mercer , 1944
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With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra
& The Ray Charles Singers
Produced
by Joe Reisman
Recording Engineer: Bob Simpson
Arrangements by Joe Lipman and Jack
Andrews
Recorded
February 12 ~ 20 & March 5 ~ 12, 1958
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