(words and music by nat king cole and irving mills)

The buzzard took the monkey for a ride in the air
The monkey thought that everything was on the square
The buzzard tried to throw the monkey off his back
The monkey grabbed his neck and said now listen, jack

Straighten up and fly right
Straighten up and fly right
Straighten up and fly right
Cool down, papa, don't you blow your top.
Ain't no use in jivin'
What's the use in dabbin'
Straighten up and fly right
Cool down, papa, don't you blow your top.

The buzzard told the monkey you're chokin' me
Release your hold and I'll set you free
The monkey looked the buzzard right dead in the eye and said
Your story's fetchin' but it sounds like a lie

Straighten up and fly right
Straighten up and do right
Straighten up and fly right
Cool down, papa, don't you blow your top.

(instrumental interlude)

Straighten up and fly right
Straighten up and do right
Straighten up and fly right
Cool down, papa, don't you blow your top.

• A Beautiful Friendship
• A Blossom Fell
• A Little Street Where Old Friends Meet
• A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
• A Thousand Thoughts of You
• All for You
• Almost Like Being in Love
• An Affair to Remember
• Answer Me My Love
• Autumn Leaves
• Avalon
• Azure-te
• Baby Baby, All The Time
• Ballad of Cat Ballou
• Ballerina
• Because You're Mine
• Boulevard of Broken Dreams
• But Beautiful
• Calypso Blues
• Chant of The Blues
• Come to Baby, Do
• Dance, Ballerina, Dance
• Darling Je Vous Aime Beaucoup
• Dear Lonely Hearts
• Dinner for One Please, James
• Do Nothing Till You Hear from Me
• Don't Blame Me
• Don't Get Around Much Anymore
• Faith Can Move Mountains
• For All We Know
• For Sentimental Reasons
• Forgive My Heart
• Funny
• Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You?
• He Who Hesitates
• I Don't Want to See Tomorrow
• I Just Can't See for Lookin'
• I Keep Goin' Back to Joe's
• I Love Paris
• I Remember You
• I Should Care
• I Was a Little Too Lonely
• I'm a Shy Guy
• I'm Gonna Laugh You Out of My Life
• I'm Gonna Sit Right Down & Write Myself a Letter
• If I Give My Heart to You
• If I May
• If Love Ain't There
• If You Can't Smile & Say Yes
• Impossible
• In Other Words
• Is It Better to Have Loved & Lost
• It Happens to Be Me
• It's Only a Paper Moon
• Just You, Just Me
• L-o-v-e
• Laughing on The Outside
• Let There Be Love
• Let's Fall in Love
• Looking Back
• Lost April
• Love Letters
• Lush Life
• Magnificent Obsession
• Meet Me at No Special Place
• Miss Otis Regrets
• Mona Lisa
• More
• My Baby Just Cares for Me
• My Personal Possession
• Nature Boy
• Night Lights
• No, I Don't Want Her
• Non Dimenticar
• On The Street Where You Live
• Once in a While
• Orange Colored Sky
• Our Love is Here to Stay
• Pick Yourself Up
• Poinciana
• Pretend
• Ramblin' Rose
• Red Sails in The Sunset
• Road to Nowhere
• Route 66
• Say It Isn't So
• Smile
• Someone to Tell It To
• Sometimes I'm Happy
• Somewhere Along The Way
• Stardust
• Stay as Sweet as You Are
• Straighten up & Fly Right
• Sweet Lorraine
• Take a Fool's Advice
• Tenderly
• That Sunday That Summer
• That's All
• That's All There Is
• That's All There is to That
• The Christmas Song
• The Frim Fram Sauce
• The Little Boy That Santa Claus Forgot
• The More I See You
• The Party's Over
• The Rules of The Road
• The Sand & The Sea
• The Very Thought of You
• There Goes My Heart
• There Will Never Be Another You
• There's a Lull in My Life
• These Foolish Things
• This Can't Be Love
• Those Lazy Hazy Crazy Days of Summer
• Thou Swell
• To Whom It May Concern
• Too Young
• Unforgettable
• Walkin' My Baby Back Home
• Wee Baby Blues
• What'll I Do
• When I Fall in Love
• Where Can I Go Without You?
• Where Did Everyone Go?
• Who's Next in Line?
• Wild is Love
• With You on My Mind
• You Call It Madness