It Don’t Mean A Thing If It Ain’t Got That Sing, Sing, Sing

What good is melody? What good is music if it ain’t possessin’ somethin’ sweet

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It ain’t the melody, it ain’t the music
There’s something else that makes the tune complete.

Part 2: Sing, sing, sing, sing, ev’rybody start to sing

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By singin’ la-dle-la, whoa ho-ho-ho-ho!

Part 1: Now you’re singin’ with a swing

Part 2: You gotta swing, swing, swing, swing

Part 2: ev’rybody start to swing

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By singin’ la-dle-la, whoa ho-ho-ho-ho!

Part 1: Now you’re swingin’ while you sing. Come along!

Part 2: You gotta listen to find

Part 1: it’s done if you let your feet do the moves

Part 2: the groove

Part 1: That’s it, you’re swingin’ it

Part 2: And when you’ve found it, it’s hard to lose

Part 1: with this tune now!

Part 2: Sing, sing, sing, sing, ev’rybody start to sing

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By singin’ la-dle-la whoa ho-ho-ho-ho! Now you’re singin’ with a song that’ll swing

It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing,

doo wah doo wah doo wah doo wah, doo wah doo wah doo wah doo wah

Part 1: makes no diff’rence

Part 2: It makes no diff’rence if it’s sweet or hot
Part 1: Talk about rhythm
Part 2: just give that rhythm ev’rything you got

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It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing,
doo wah doo wah doo wah doo wah, doo wah doo wah doo wah doo wah

Part 1: First ya hear rhy-thm then ya hear

Part 2: First you hear the drum a-pound - ing

Part 1: mu - sic Is it clear which one

Part 2: Setting down the rhythm of the band And it is quite

Part 1: that ya hear

Part 2: a-stound - ing

Part 1: First ya hear rhy-thm then ya hear

Part 2: First you hear the drum a-pound - ing

Part 1: mu - sic Is it clear which one

Part 2: Setting down the rhythm of the band And it is quite

Part 1: that ya hear

Part 2: a-stound - ing Listen to the rhythm!

Part 1: First ya hear rhy-thm then ya hear

Part 2: First you hear the drum a-pound - ing

Part 1: mu - sic Is it clear which one

Part 2: Setting down the rhythm of the band And it is quite

Part 1: that ya hear on the drum?

Part 2: a-stound - ing It

Part 1: First ya hear rhy-thm, then ya hear

Part 2: don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing

Part 1: mu - sic Is it clear

Part 2: doo wah doo wah
Part 1: which one that ya hear on the drums?
Part 2: doo wah doo wah, doo wah doo wah doo wah doo wah

Part 1: Makes no diff’rence

Part 2: It makes no diff’rence if it’s sweet or hot

Part 1: Talk about rhythm

Part 2: just give that rhythm ev’rything you got

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It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing,
doo wah doo wah doo wah doo wah, doo wah doo wah doo wah doo wah
doo wah doo wah doo wah doo wah, doo wah doo wah doo wah doo wah
doo wah doo wah doo wah doo wah, doo wah doo wah doo wah doo wah.