Doin' What Comes Naturally - Original - Dinah Shore

Folks are dumb where I come from

They ain’t had any learnin'

Still they’re happy as can be

Doin' what comes natur’lly

Doin' what comes natur’lly

Folks like us could never fuss

With schools and books and learnin'

Still we’ve gone from A to Z

Doin' what comes natur’lly

Doin' what comes natur’lly

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

What he thinks of the moon or what is on his mind

That comes natur’lly

That comes natur’lly

My uncle out in Texas

Can’t even write his name

He signs his checks with X’s

But they cash 'em just the same

If you saw my pa and ma

You’d no they had no learnin'

Still they raised a family

Doin' what comes natur’lly

Doin' what comes natur’lly

Uncle Jed has never read

An almanac on drinkin'

Still he’s always on a spree

Doin' what comes natur’lly

Doin' what comes natur’lly

Sister Sal who’s mus-i-cal

Has never had a lesson

Still she’s learned to sing off-key

Doin' what comes natur’lly

Doin' what comes natur’lly

You don’t have to go to a private school

Not to pick up a penny by a stubborn mule

You don’t have to have a professor’s dome

Not to go for the honey when the bee’s at home

That comes natur’lly

That comes natur’lly

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 natur’lly

Doin' what comes natur’lly

Sister Lou ain’t got a sou

Although she goes out shoppin'

She gets all her stockings free

Doin' what comes natur’lly

Doin' what comes natur’lly

Cousin Nell can’t add or spell

But she left school with honors

She got every known degree

For doin' what comes natur’lly

Doin' what comes natur’lly

You don’t have to come from a great big town

Not to clean out a stable in an evening gown

You don’t have to mix with the Vanderbilts

Not to take off your panties when you’re wearing kilts

That comes natur’lly

That comes natur’lly

My mother’s cousin Carrie

Won’t ever change her name

She doesn’t want to marry

And her children feel the same

Sister Rose has lots of beaus

Although we have no parlor

She does fine behind a tree

Doin' what comes natur’lly

Doin' what comes natur’lly

Folks are dumb where I come from

They ain’t had any learnin'

Still they’re happy as can be

Doin' what comes natur’lly

Doin' what comes natur’lly

Folks like us could never fuss

With schools and books and learnin'

Still we’ve gone from A to Z

Doin' what comes natur’lly

Doin' what comes natur’lly

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 come from a great big town

Not to go pickin' berries in an evening gown

That comes natur’lly

That comes natur’lly

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

Grandpa Dick was always sick

But never saw a doctor

He just died at ninety-three

Doin' what comes natur’lly

Doin' what comes natur’lly

Cousin Jack insured his shack

And now he plays with matches

He’ll collect just wait and see

Doin' what comes natur’lly

Doin' what comes natur’lly

Sister Sal who’s mus-i-cal

Has never had a lesson

Still she’s learned to sing off-key

Doin' what comes natur’lly

Doin' what comes natur’lly

You don’t have to go to a private school

Not to pick up a penny by a stubborn mule

You don’t have to have a professor’s dome

Not to go for the honey when the bee’s at home

That comes natur’lly

That comes natur’lly

My uncle don’t pay taxes

His address never gives

They can’t collect his taxes

For they don’t know where he lives

Uncle Ben got angry when

They caught him stealing chickens

I’m within my rights, said he

Doin' what comes natur’lly

Doin' what comes natur’lly

Folks are dumb where I come from

They ain’t had any learnin'

Still they’re happy as can be

Doin' what comes natur’lly

Doin' what comes natur’lly

Folks like us could never fuss

With schools and books and learnin'

Still we’ve gone from A to Z

Doin' what comes natur’lly

Doin' what comes natur’lly

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

What he thinks of the moon and what is on his mind

That comes natur’lly

That comes natur’lly

My uncle out in Texas

Can’t even write his name

He signs his checks with X’s

And they cash 'em just the same

Grandpa Dick was always sick

But never saw a doctor

He just died at ninety-three

Doin' what comes natur’lly

Doin' what comes natur’lly

Cousin Jack insured his shack

And now he plays with matches

He’ll collect just wait and see

Doin' what comes natur’lly

Doin' what comes natur’lly

Uncle Paul heard someone call

When he just had two deuces

He wound up with aces three

Doin' what comes natur’lly

Doin' what comes natur’lly

You don’t have to go to a private school

Not to turn up your bustle to a stubborn mule

You don’t have to have a professor’s dome

Not to go for the honey when the bee’s at home

That comes natur’lly

That comes natur’lly

A nice young man named Harry

Is stuck on sister Flo

She’d like to marry Harry

But his wife won’t let him go

If you saw my pa and ma

You’d no they had no learnin'

Still they raised a family

Doin' what comes natur’lly

Doin' what comes natur’lly

Doin' what comes natur’lly

Doin' what comes natur’lly