Lyrics Doin' What Comes Natur'lly - Bernadette Peters , Annie Get Your Gun - 1999 Broadway Cast

Folks are dumb where I come from,
They ain't had any learning.
Still they're happy as can be
Doin' what comes natur'lly
Doin' what comes natur'lly!
Folks like us could never fuss
With schools and books and learning.
Still we've gone from A to Z,
Doin' what comes natur'lly
Doin' what comes natur'lly!
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 out
What he thinks of the moon and what is on his mind.
That comes natur'lly
That comes natur'lly!
My uncle out in Texas can't even write his name.
He signs his checks with "x's"
But they cash them just the same.

Grandpa Bill is on the hill
With someone he just married.
There he is at ninety-three,
Doin' what comes natur'lly
Doin' what comes natur'lly!
You don't have to go 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 not home.
That comes natur'lly
That comes natur'lly!
My tiny baby brother, who's never read a book,
Knows one sex from the other,
All he had to do was look!
Sister Rose has lots of bows
Although we have no parlour
She does fine behind a tree
Doin' what comes natur'lly!
Doin' what comes natur'lly!