Mister In-between,; a 1944 World War 2 song
sung in the Paramount film, ‘Here Come the Waves’
words by Johnny Mercer
music by Harold Arlen
The sheet music:
Accompaniment track:
Lyrics
Gather ’round me, everybody
Gather round me while I preach some
Feel a sermon comin’ on me
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 reviewin’ the attitude of doin’ right
Refrain:
You’ve got to Ac-cent-tchu-ate The Positive
Eliminate the negative
Latch on to the affirmative
Don’t mess with Mister In-between
You’ve got to spread joy up to the maximum
Bring gloom down to the minimum
Have faith or pandemonium li’ble to walk upon the sceen
To illustrate my last remark
Jonah in the whale, Noah in the Ark
What did they do
Just when everything looked so dark?
“Man,” they said, “We better Ac-cent-tchu-ate The Positive
Eliminate the negative
Latch on to the affirmative
Don’t mess with Mister In-between”
No! don’t mess with Mister In-between
Sung here by Fred Feild: