"Don't Be a Do-Badder" is a song from the film Robin and the Seven Hoods. The song was performed by Sinatra alongside Sammy Davis, Jr., Bing Crosby, and Dean Martin with a backing arrangement by Nelson Riddle.
Lyrics[]
Take it from me, don't be a do-badder,
a do-badder, a do badder,
You'll put your foot on that ladder,
That leads you to that place,
Below and every day you'll grow sadder,
You'll feel sadder, you'll get madder,
so use that self-same stepladder,
To climb the other way.
Scrapping and fighting, scratching and biting,
Cheating and acting, selfish makes your heart,
Like a part of the hardest hard-shelled shellfish.
Take it from me, don't you be a do-badder,
a do-badder, a do-badder,
Just step aboard that stepladder,
and climb the other way.