[1st refrain:]
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Folks are dumb where I come from
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They ain't had any learnin'
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Still they're happy as can be
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Doin' what comes natur'lly
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Doin' what comes natur'lly
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Folks like us could never fuss
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With schools and books and learnin'
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Still we've gone from A to Z
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Doin' what comes natur'lly
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Doin' what comes natur'lly
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You don't have to know how to read or write
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When you're out with a feller in the pale moonlight
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You don't have to look in a book to find
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What he thinks of the moon or what is on his mind
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That comes natur'lly
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That comes natur'lly
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My uncle out in Texas
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Can't even write his name
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He signs his checks with X's
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But they cash 'em just the same
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If you saw my pa and ma
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You'd no they had no learnin'
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Still they raised a family
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Doin' what comes natur'lly
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Doin' what comes natur'lly
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[2nd refrain:]
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Uncle Jed has never read
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An almanac on drinkin'
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Still he's always on a spree
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Doin' what comes natur'lly
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Doin' what comes natur'lly
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Sister Sal who's mus-i-cal
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Has never had a lesson
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Still she's learned to sing off-key
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Doin' what comes natur'lly
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Doin' what comes natur'lly
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You don't have to go to a private school
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Not to pick up a penny by a stubborn mule
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You don't have to have a professor's dome
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Not to go for the honey when the bee's at home
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That comes natur'lly
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That comes natur'lly
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My tiny baby brother
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Who's never read a book
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Knows one sex from the other
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All he had to do was look
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Grandpa Bill is on the hill
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With someone he just married
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There he is at ninety-three
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Doin' what comes natur'lly
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Doin' what comes natur'lly
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[3rd refrain:]
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Sister Lou ain't got a sou
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Although she goes out shoppin'
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She gets all her stockings free
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Doin' what comes natur'lly
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Doin' what comes natur'lly
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Cousin Nell can't add or spell
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But she left school with honors
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She got every known degree
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For doin' what comes natur'lly
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Doin' what comes natur'lly
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You don't have to come from a great big town
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Not to clean out a stable in an evening gown
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You don't have to mix with the Vanderbilts
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Not to take off your panties when you're wearing kilts
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That comes natur'lly
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That comes natur'lly
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My mother's cousin Carrie
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Won't ever change her name
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She doesn't want to marry
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And her children feel the same
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Sister Rose has lots of beaus
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Although we have no parlor
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She does fine behind a tree
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Doin' what comes natur'lly
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Doin' what comes natur'lly
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[Alternate version:]
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[1st refrain:]
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Folks are dumb where I come from
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They ain't had any learnin'
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Still they're happy as can be
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Doin' what comes natur'lly
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Doin' what comes natur'lly
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Folks like us could never fuss
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With schools and books and learnin'
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Still we've gone from A to Z
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Doin' what comes natur'lly
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Doin' what comes natur'lly
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You don't have to know how to read or write
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When you're out with a feller in the pale moonlight
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You don't have to come from a great big town
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Not to go pickin' berries in an evening gown
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That comes natur'lly
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That comes natur'lly
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My uncle out in Texas
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Can't even write his name
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He signs his checks with X's
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But they cash them just the same
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Grandpa Dick was always sick
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But never saw a doctor
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He just died at ninety-three
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Doin' what comes natur'lly
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Doin' what comes natur'lly
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[2nd refrain:]
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Cousin Jack insured his shack
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And now he plays with matches
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He'll collect just wait and see
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Doin' what comes natur'lly
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Doin' what comes natur'lly
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Sister Sal who's mus-i-cal
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Has never had a lesson
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Still she's learned to sing off-key
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Doin' what comes natur'lly
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Doin' what comes natur'lly
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You don't have to go to a private school
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Not to pick up a penny by a stubborn mule
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You don't have to have a professor's dome
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Not to go for the honey when the bee's at home
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That comes natur'lly
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That comes natur'lly
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My uncle don't pay taxes
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His address never gives
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They can't collect his taxes
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For they don't know where he lives
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Uncle Ben got angry when
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They caught him stealing chickens
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I'm within my rights, said he
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Doin' what comes natur'lly
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Doin' what comes natur'lly
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[Transcript of Dinah Shore's p
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Doin' What Comes Natur'lly
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| Irving Berlin |
