I Got Plenty O' Nuthin'

I Got Plenty O' Nuthin'
music by George Gershwin (left)
lyric by Ira Gershwin (right) & DuBose Heyward (center)

Oh, I got plenty o' nuthin', an' nuthin's plenty for me.
I got no car, got no mule, I got no misery.
De folks wid plenty o' plenty got a lock on dey door,
'Fraid somebody's a-goin' to rob 'em while dey's out a-makin' more.
What for?

I got no lock on de door, dat's no way to be.
Dey can steal de rug from the floor, dat's O.K. wid me, 'cause de things dat I prize,
Like de stars in de skies, are all free.

Oh, I got plenty o' nuthin', an' nuthin's plenty for me.
I got my gal, got my song, got Hebben de whole day long.
No use complainin?
Got my gal, got my Lawd, got my song.

I got plenty o' nuthin', 'an nuthin's plenty fo' me.
I got de sun, got de moon, got de deep blue sea.
De folks wid plenty o' plenty, got to pray all de day.
Seems wid plenty you sure got to worry how to keep the Debble away.
A-way.

I ain't a-frettin' 'bout Hell till de time arrive.
Never worry long as I'm well, never one to strive to be good, to be bad---
What the hell! I is glad I's alive.

Oh, I got plenty o' nuthin', an' nuthin's plenty fo' me.
I got my gal, got my song, got Hebben de whole day long.
(No use complainin!)
Got my gal.
Got my Lawd.
Got my song!