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Artist: Duke Ellington
Canonical path: /duke-ellington/it-don-t-mean-a-thing-if-it-ain-t-got-that-swing
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It Don't Mean A Thing (if It Ain't Got That Swing)
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It Don't Mean A Thing (if It Ain't Got That Swing)
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What good is melody, what good is music
If it ain't possessin' something sweet
It ain't the melody, it ain't the music
There's something else that makes the tune complete
It don't mean a thing, if it ain't got that swing
It don't mean a thing, all you got to do is sing
It makes no diff'rence if it's sweet or hot
Just give that rhythm ev'rything you got
It don't mean a thing, if it ain't got that swing
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Duke Ellington performs "It Don't Mean A Thing (if It Ain't Got That Swing)", and this lyric page sits inside the Duke Ellington catalog on LyroVerse.
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