It Don't Mean a Thing

The Ellington band played the song continuously over the years. Recorded by Ella Fitzgerald in '57, '67', '74. 3

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(If It Ain't Got That Swing)

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Duke Ellington & Irving Mills (c) 1932

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if 

it

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got

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to

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wah,

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wah,

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give

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Doo wah,

doo wah,

doo wah,

doo wah,

doo

wah,

doo wah,

doo wah,

doo

wah.

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