Gather 'round me, everybody
Listen to me while I preach
I feel a sermon coming on

You got to ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive
Eliminate 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 faith, or pandemonium
Liable to walk upon the scene

To illustrate my last remark
Jonah in the whale, Noah in the ark
What did they do
Just when everything looked so dark?
They said, you got to

Ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive
Eliminate 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 faith, or pandemonium
Liable to walk upon the scene

To illustrate my last remark
Jonah in the whale, Noah in the ark
What did they do
Just when everything looked so dark?
They said, you got to

Ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive
Eliminate the negative
And latch on to the affirmative
Don't mess with mister inbetween

One more time
You got to spread joy up to the maximum
And bring gloom down to the minimum
And have faith, or pandemonium
Liable to walk upon the scene

Jonah in the whale, Noah in the ark
Jonah in the whale, Noah in the ark
Jonah in the whale, Noah in the ark