Verse: Gather round me, ev’rybody,
Gather round me while I preach some,
Feel a sermon coming on me.
The topic will be sin and that’s what I’m “a gin.”
If you wanna hear my story
Then settle back and just sit tight
While I start reviewing the attitude of doing right.

You’ve got to ac cent tchu ate the positive,
E lim my nate the negative. Latch on to the affirmative,
Don’t mess with Mister In between.
You’ve got to spread joy up to the maximum,
Bring gloom down to the minimum,
Have faith, or pandemonium li’ble to walk upon the scene.

To illustrate my last remark, Jonah in the whale, Noah in the Ark.
What did they do just when ev’rything looked so dark?
“Man,” they said, “We better ac cent tchu ate the positive,
E lim my nate the negative. Latch on to the affirmative,
Don’t mess with Mister In between.
No! Don’t mess with Mister In between.”