STRAIGHTEN UP AND FLY RIGHT
(Nat King Cole / Irving Mills)
Nat King Cole - 1944
Also recorded by:
Monty Alexander; Roland Alphonso; The Andrews Sisters;
Avalon Cats; Charlie Barnet; Beachfront Property;
Arthur Blythe; Suzie Bogguss; Tiny Bradshaw; Mary-Ann Brandon;
Oscar Brown Jr.; Tony Orchestra Burgos; Billy Butler;
Charlie Byrd; Rosemary Clooney; King Cole Trio; Natalie Cole;
Michael Coppola; Bing Crosby; Sammy Davis Jr.;
Digby Fairweather; Norman Foote; The Four Freshmen;
Nnenna Freelon; Marvin Gaye; Ira Gershwin; Golden Gate Quartet;
Great Guitars; Eddie Harrison; Erskine Hawkins Orch.;
Woody Herman; Peanuts Holland; Bob James Trio; Dennis Jeter;
Jive at Five; Vince Jones; Diana Krall; Kristen;
Erich Kunzel; Yusef Lateef; Lyle Lovett; Harold Maburn;
Nino Mammina; Neal McCoy; Carmen McRae;
The Millennium Dance Party All-Stars; Vaughn Monroe;
Tom Morley; Robert Mosci; Anita O'Day; Oscar Peterson;
Bucky Pizzarelli; John Pizzarelli; Bobby Powell;
H. B. Radke & the Jet City Swingers; Holly Robinson;
Linda Ronstadt; Sharon; Lois & Bram; George Shearing;
Buddy Tate; Clark Terry; Tok Tok Tok; Tone Poets;
Steve March Torme; Allan Vache; Robbie Williams;
Bob Wills & his Texas Playboys; Lisa Yves.
A buzzard took a monkey for a ride in the air
The monkey thought that everything was on the square
The buzzard tried to throw the monkey off his back
But the monkey grabbed his neck and said "Now listen, Jack"
Straighten up and fly right
Straighten up and fly right
Straighten up and fly right
Cool down, papa, don't you blow your top.
Ain't no use in divin'
What's the use in jivin'
Straighten up and fly right
Cool down, papa, don't you blow your top.
The buzzard told the monkey "You are chokin' me
Release your hold and I will set you free"
The monkey looked the buzzard right dead in the eye and said
"Your story's so touchin' but it sounds just like a lie"
Straighten up and fly right
Straighten up and stay right
Straighten up and fly right
Cool down, papa, don't you blow your top.
(Musical Interlude)
Straighten up and fly right
Straighten up and stay right
Straighten up and fly right
Cool down, papa, don't you blow your top.
(Contributed/Transcribed by Bill Huntley - April 2005)
