When I was a kid about half past three
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My ma said "Daughter, come here to me"
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Said things may come, and things may go
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But this is one thing you ought to know...
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Oh 't ain't what you do it's the way that you do
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it
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'T ain't what you do it's the way that you do it
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'T ain't what you do it's the way that you do it
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That's what gets results
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'T ain't what you do it's the time that you do it
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'T ain't what you do it's the time that you do it
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'T ain't what you do it's the time that you do it
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That's what gets results
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You can try hard
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Don't mean a thing
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Take it easy, greasy
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Then your jive will swing
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Oh 't ain't what you do it's the place that you
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do it
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'T ain't what you do it's the time that you do it
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'T ain't what you do it's the way that you do it
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That's what gets results
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You've learned your ABC's
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You've learned your DFG's
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But this is something you don't learn in school
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So get your hip boots on
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And then you'll carry on
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But remember if you're tryin' too hard
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It don't mean a thing
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Take it easy
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(band members:
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'T ain't what you bring it's the way that you
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bring it
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'T ain't what you swing it's the way that you
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swing it
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'T ain't what you sing)
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- it's the way that you sing it
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(That's what gets results)
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(band members sing while Ella adlibs:
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'T ain't what you do it's the way that you do it
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'T ain't what you do it's the way that you do it
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'T ain't what you do it's the way that you do it
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That's what gets results
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Re-bop!)
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'T Ain't What You Do
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| Ella Fitzgerald |
