YOU’VE GOTTA TAKE YOUR PICK AND SWING
(Jimmy Kennedy, Michael Carr)

As recorded by:
Ronnie Munroe & His Orchestra
V. Jack Cooper
Recorded 13th December 1937



You’ve gotta take your pick and swing
You’ve gotta show this old world something
‘Cos if you wear a frown
It’s gonna get you down
You’ve gotta take your pick and swing

Now if you get that certain thing
You’ll find that all the world’s in rhythm
If you would carve your name
Up in the hall of fame
You’ve gotta take your pick and swing

Stay set, forget 
You ever knew what blues meant
Life holds a million laughs
So make your own amusement

You’ve gotta take your pick and swing
And when your big chance comes, go take it
But if you hesitate
You’re gonna get there late
You’ve gotta take you pick
And give the world a kick
You’ve gotta take your pick and swing.

(Transcribed from John Wright’s 78 RPM Record Collection
 by Bill Huntley - January 2015)