ACCENTUATE THE POSITIVE
From the Film "Here Come The Waves" (1944)
(Johnny Mercer / Harold Arlen)

Recorded by: The Andrews Sisters; Harold Arlen; Louis Armstrong;
Tony Bennett; Teresa Brewer; Perry Como; Bing Crosby; 
Clint Eastwood; Duke Ellington; Ella Fitzgerald; 
The Four Freshmen; The Four Lads; Aretha Franklin; Roy Hamilton; 
Dick Haymes; Al Jarreau; Kay Kyser; Peggy Lee; Billy May; 
Johnny Mercer; Glenn Miller; Ella Mae Morse; Willie Nelson; 
Oscar Peterson; Martha Raye; Buddy Rich; Artie Shaw; 
Victor Silvester; Frank Sinatra; Charlie Spivak; 
Rosemary Squires; Maxine Sullivan; Mel Tormé; Gene Vincent;
..... and others.


You've gotta accent-tcu-ate the positive, eli-my-nate the negative,
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.
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 theyou do just when everything looked so dark,
Man, they said we better
Accent-tchu-ate the positive, elim-my-nate the negative,
Latch on to the affirmative, don't mess with Mister In-between,
Don't mess with Mister In-between.