Doin' What Comes Natur'lly

"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

^ "Pop Chronicles 1940s Program #13".
^ "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.
^ "Most Played Juke Box Records". Billboard. 22 August 1946.
^ "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.

Dinah Shore

Albums

Dinah Sings Some Blues with Red
Dinah, Yes Indeed!
Dinah Sings, Previn Plays
Somebody Loves Me

Singles

"The Breeze and I"
"Maybe"
"Yes, My Darling Daughter"
"My Man"
"I Hear a Rhapsody"
"Jim"
"I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)"
"Blues in the Night"
"I Don't Want to Walk Without You"
"Skylark"
"Sleepy Lagoon"
"You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To"
"I'll Walk Alone"
"Together"
"Candy"
"Along the Navajo Trail"
"Personality"
"Shoo-Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy"
"The Gypsy"
"Laughing on the Outside (Crying on the Inside)"
"Doin' What Comes Natur'lly"
"You Keep Coming Back Like a Song"
"(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons"
"The Anniversary Song"
"The Best Things in Life Are Free"
"Little White Lies"
"Buttons and Bows"
"Lavender Blue (Dilly Dilly)"
"Far Away Places"
"So in Love"
"Forever and Ever"
"Baby, It's Cold Outside"
"A Wonderful Guy"
"Dear Hearts and Gentle People"
"Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo"
"Can Anyone Explain? (No! No! No!)"
"My Heart Cries for You"
"You're Just in Love"
"Sweet Violets"
"Delicado"
"Changing Partners"
"Whatever Lola Wants (Lola Gets)"
"Love and Marriage"
"I Could Have Danced All Night"
"The Cattle Call"
"Fascination"

v t e Annie Get Your Gun
Characters	Annie Oakley Frank Butler Chief Sitting Bull Buffalo Bill Pawnee Bill
Adaptations	Annie Get Your Gun (film) Annie du Far-West (operetta)
Recordings	Annie Get Your Gun (1963) Annie Get Your Gun - 1986 London Cast (1986)
Music	"Doin' What Comes Natur'lly" "The Girl That I Marry" "You Can't Get a Man with a Gun" "There's No Business Like Show Business" "They Say It's Wonderful" "Moonshine Lullaby" "My Defenses Are Down" "I'm an Indian Too" "I Got Lost in His Arms" "Who Do You Love, I Hope?" "I Got the Sun in the Mornin'" "Anything You Can Do"

Irving Berlin

Musicals

Theatre	Annie Get Your Gun As Thousands Cheer Call Me Madam The Canary The Century Girl The Cocoanuts The Cohan Revue of 1918 Face the Music Holiday Inn Louisiana Purchase Miss Liberty Mr. President Music Box Revue Stop! Look! Listen! This Is The Army Top Hat Watch Your Step White Christmas Wise Guy Yip Yip Yaphank Ziegfeld Follies
Film	Alexander's Ragtime Band Annie Get Your Gun Blue Skies Call Me Madam Carefree The Cocoanuts Easter Parade Follow the Fleet Hallelujah Holiday Inn On the Avenue Second Fiddle There's No Business Like Show Business This Is the Army Top Hat White Christmas