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 [bad word] 
It don't mean a thing, if it ain't got that swing --
Doo-wat doo-wat, doo-wat doo-wat, doo-wat doo-wat.
It don't mean a thing, all you got to do is sing --
Doo-wat doo-wat, doo-wat doo-wat, doo-wat doo-wat, doo-wat doo-wat.
It makes no diff'rence if that rhythm'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 --
Doo-wat doo-wat, doo-wat doo-wat, doo-wat doo-wat, doo-wat doo-wat,
Doo-wat doo-wat, doo-wat doo-wat, doo-waaaa.