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Song lyrics aren't supposed to be a fountain of perfect english, but on the other hand some are just so atrocious, they need to get called out. We're not looking for sentance fragments or the word ain't since there are too many instances to count.
Bad Grammar in Song Lyrics, Duke Ellington
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Ellington At Newport 1956 album at Amazon.com
Duke Ellington 's, "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)"
The Lyrics:
It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing
Why:
It should be "it DOESN'T mean a thing if it DOESN'T HAVE that swing."
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