( ac-cent-thu-ate the positive

E-lim-inate the negative

Ac-cent-thu-ate the positivean' latch on! )



You gotta accent-thu-ate the positive

E-lim-inate the negative

An' latch on

To the affirmative

Don't mess with mister in-between!



You gotta spread joy up to the maximum

Bring gloom down to the minimum

An' have faith ( amen! )

Or pandemonium's

Liable to walk upon the scene!



To illustrate

My last remark

Jonah in the whale!

Noah in the arc!

An' what did they do ( what did they do? )

Just when everything looked so dark? 



( what did theywhat did theywhat did they do? )



Man! they said

You better accent-thu-ate the positive

E-lim-inate the negative

An' latch on

To the affirmative

Don't mess with mister in-between!

Nodon't mess with mister in-between!



( to illustrate

His last remark

Jonah in the whale!

Noah in the arc! )

An' what did they do

( what did they do? 

Just when everything looked so dark? 

What did they dowhat did they do? )



Man! they said

You better accent-thu-ate the positive

E-lim-inate the negative

An' latch on

To the affirmative

Don't mess with mister in-between!

Nodon't mess with mister in-between!

Nodon't you mess with mister in-between!

Nodon't mess with mister in-between!