Doin' What Comes Natur'lly

This article is about the Annie Get Your Gun song. For the Charles Wright album, see Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band.

"Doin' What Comes Natur'lly" is a song from the 1946 musical Annie Get Your Gun, written by Irving Berlin. The song was introduced by Ethel Merman in the original production of the musical.^[1] Other singers to have recorded the song include Betty Hutton, Judy Garland, Bernadette Peters, Suzi Quatro,^[2] The DeMarco Sisters, and Dinah Shore.^[3]

In the song, Annie Oakley, her brother (Little Jake), sisters (Minnie, Jessie, and Nellie), and the owner of the Wilson Hotel (Foster Wilson)^[4] sing jokingly about how the Oakley family and their community live happy lives despite their lack of education and, often, money.

It was released as a 78 rpm 10-inch record by MGM in the 1950s.

References

1. "Pop Chronicles 1940s Program #13".
2. "First Night Records Online Store, Annie Get Your Gun - 1986 London Cast". first-night-records.co.uk. London, United Kingdom: First Night Records. Retrieved 3 June 2012.
3. "Most Played Juke Box Records". Billboard. 22 August 1946.
4. "Annie Get Your Gun - Irving Berlin - The Guide to Musical Theatre - Show Synopsis". guidetomusicaltheatre.com. Accrington, United Kingdom: The Guide to Musical Theatre. Retrieved 3 June 2012.