Mary Martin — Doin’ What Comes Naturally

[ANNIE] Folks are dumb where I come from They ain't had any learnin' Still they're happy as can be Doin' what comes naturally [CHILDREN] Doin' what comes naturally [ANNIE] Folks like us could never fuss With schools and books and learnin' Still we've gone from A to Z Doin' what comes naturally [CHILDREN] Doin' what comes naturally [ANNIE] 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 naturally [CHILDREN] That comes naturally [ANNIE] My uncle out in Texas Can't even write his name He signs his checks with X's But thеy cash 'em just the same If you saw my pa and ma You'd no thеy had no learnin' Still they raised a family Doin' what comes naturally [CHILDREN] Doin' what comes naturally [ANNIE] Uncle Jed has never read An almanac on drinkin' Still he's always on a spree Doin' what comes naturally [CHILDREN] Doin' what comes naturally [ANNIE] Sister Sal who's mus-i-cal Has never had a lesson Still she's learned to sing off-key Doin' what comes naturally [CHILDREN] Doin' what comes naturally [ANNIE] You don't have to go to 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 at home That comes naturally [CHILDREN] That comes naturally [ANNIE] 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 lives on the hill With someone he just married There he is at ninety-three Doin' what comes naturally [ANNIE & CHILDREN] Doin' what comes naturally