Doin' What Comes Natur'lly
Composer(s): Irving Berlin
First performance by: Ethel Merman & Art Barnett - 1946



Folks are dumb where I come from
They ain't had any learning
Still they're happy as can be
Doin' what comes naturally (doin' what comes naturally)
Folks like us could never fuss
With schools and books and learning
Still we've gone from A to Z
Doin' what comes naturally (doin' what comes naturally)
You don't have to know how to read or write
When you're out with a feller in the pale moonlight
You don't have to look in a book to find out
What he thinks of the moon and what is on his mind
That comes naturally (that comes naturally)
My uncle out in Texas can't even write his name
He signs his checks with "x's"
But they cash them just the same
If you saw my pa and ma
You'd know they had no learning
Still they've raised a family
Doin' what comes naturally (doin' what comes naturally)
Cousin Jack has never read an almanac on drinking
Still he's always on the spree
Doin' what comes naturally (doin' what comes naturally)
Sister Sal who's musical has never had a lesson
Still she's learned to sing off-key
Doin' what comes naturally (doin' what comes naturally)
You don't have to go a private school
Not to pick up a penny near a stubborn mule
You don't have to have a professor's dome
Not to go for the honey when the bee's not home
That comes naturally (that comes naturally)
My tiny baby brother, who's never read a book
Knows one sex from the other
All he had to do was look
Grandpa Bill is on the hill
With someone he just married
There he is at ninety-three
Doin' what comes naturally (doin' what comes naturally)