Just whistle while you work (whistle)
Put on that grin and start right in
to whistle loud and long
Just hum a merry tune (hum)
Just do your best and take a rest
and sing your self a song

When there's too much to do
Don't let it bother you, forget your troubles,
Try to be just like a cheerful chick-a-dee

And whistle while you work (whistle)
Come on get smart, tune up and start
to whistle while you work

Background:

Shaw's swinging "cover" of this "think positive" anthem was recorded just nine days after the world premiere of the film which introduced it, Disney's first animated feature, Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs. Ironically, Americans were savoring the optimism of "Whistle While You Work" as the recession of 1937-38 was hurling two million of them back into unemployment.