It Ain't What You Do - Ella Fitzgerald, Chick Webb

When I was a kid about half past three

My ma said «Daughter, come here to me»

Said things may come, and things may go But this is one thing you ought to know…

Oh 't ain’t what you do it’s the way that you do it

'T ain’t what you do it’s the way that you do it

'T ain’t what you do it’s the way that you do it That’s what gets results

'T ain’t what you do it’s the time that you do it

'T ain’t what you do it’s the time that you do it

'T ain’t what you do it’s the time that you do it That’s what gets results

You can try hard

Don’t mean a thing

Take it easy, greasy

Then your jive will swing

Oh 't ain’t what you do it’s the place that you

do it

'T ain’t what you do it’s the time that you do it

'T ain’t what you do it’s the way that you do it That’s what gets results

You’ve learned your ABC’s

You’ve learned your DFG’s

But this is something you don’t learn in school

So get your hip boots on And then you’ll carry on But remember if you’re tryin' too hard

It don’t mean a thing

Take it easy

(band members:

'T ain’t what you bring it’s the way that you

bring it

'T ain’t what you swing it’s the way that you

swing it

'T ain’t what you sing)

— it's the way that you sing it

(That's what gets results)

(band members sing while Ella adlibs:

'T ain’t what you do it’s the way that you do it

'T ain’t what you do it’s the way that you do it

'T ain’t what you do it’s the way that you do it