| Birds do it, bees do it
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| Even educated fleas do it
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| Let's do it, let's fall in love
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| In Spain, the best upper sets do it
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| Lithuanians and Letts do it
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| Let's do it, let's fall in love
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| The Dutch in old Amsterdam do it
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| Not to mention the Finns
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| Folks in Siam do it - think of Siamese twins
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| Some Argentines without means do it
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| People say in Boston even beans do it
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| Let's do it, let's fall in love
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| Romantic sponges, they say, do it
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| Oysters down in Oyster Bay do it
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| Let's do it, let's fall in love
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| Cold Cape Cod clams, 'gainst their wish, do it
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| Even lazy jellyfish do it
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| Let's do it, let's fall in love
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| Electric eels, I might add, do it
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| Though it shocks 'em I know
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| Why ask if shad do it? | 
| Waiter, bring me shad roe!
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| In shallow shoals, English soles do it
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| Goldfish in the privacy of bowls do it
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| Let's do it, let's fall in love
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| In old Japan, all the Japs do it
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| Up in Lapland little Laps do it
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| Let's do it, let's fall in love
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| The chimpanzees in the zoos do it
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| Some courageous kangaroos do it
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| Let's do it, let's fall in love
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| I'm sure giraffes on the sly do it
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| Even eagles as they fly do it
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| Let's do it, let's fall in love
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| Electric eels, I might add, do it
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| Though it shocks 'em I know
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| Why ask if shad do it? | 
| Garçon, de shad roe!
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| The world admits bears in pits do it
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| Even Pekingeses at the Ritz do it
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| Let's do it, let's fall in love
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| The royal set sans regret did it
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| And they considered it fun
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| Marie Antoinette did it -
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| With or without Napoleon |