Gather 'round meeverybody Gather 'round mewhile I preach some Feel a sermon coming on here The topic will be sin And that's what I'm agin' If you wanna hear my story Then settle back and just sit tight While I start reviewing The attitude of doing right You got to ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive E-lim-i-nate the negative And latch on to the affirmative Don't mess with mister inbetween You got to spread joy up to the maximum Bring gloom down to the minimum And have faithor pandemonium Liable to walk upon the scene To illustrate my last remark Jonah in the whalenoah in the ark What did they dojust when everything looked so dark? Manthey saidwe better Ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive E-lim-i-nate the negative And latch on to the affirmative Don't mess with mister inbetween