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ACCENTUATE THE POSITIVE ~ Johnny Mercer & The Pied Pipers (1945)
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Johnny Mercer
Johnny Mercer
Vocals
The Pied Pipers
The Pied Pipers
Additional Vocals
Paul Weston and His Orchestra
Paul Weston and His Orchestra
Orchestra
Paul Weston
Paul Weston
Conductor
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Harold Arlen
Harold Arlen
Composer
Johnny Mercer
Johnny Mercer
Lyrics
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Mark Chalecki
Mark Chalecki
Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
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
[Verse 2]
If you wanna hear my story
Then settle back and just sit tight
While I start reviewing
The attitude of doin' right
[Verse 3]
You've got to Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the positive
Eliminate the negative
And latch on to the affirmative
Don't mess with Mister In-between
[Verse 4]
You got to spread joy up to the maximum
Bring gloom down to the minimum
Have faith or pandemonium
Liable to walk upon the scene
[Verse 5]
To illustrate my last remark
Jonah in the whale, Noah in the ark
What did they do
Just when everything looked so dark?
[Verse 6]
Man, they said we'd better Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the positive
Eliminate the negative
And latch on to the affirmative
Don't mess with Mister In-between
No, don't mess with Mister In-between
[Verse 7]
You got to spread joy up to the maximum
Bring gloom down to the minimum
And have faith or pandemonium
Liable to walk upon the scene
[Verse 8]
You got to Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the positive
Eliminate the negative
And latch on to the affirmative
Don't mess with Mister In-between
No, don't mess with Mister In-between
Written by: Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer

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