answers.input_text: short
answers.span_text: Fats Waller
questions: who sang gonna sit right down and write myself a letter
name: I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter
contexts: `` I 'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter '' is a 1935 popular song with music by Fred E. Ahlert and lyrics by Joe Young . It has been recorded many times , and has become a standard of the Great American Songbook . It was popularized by Fats Waller , who recorded it in 1935 at the height of his fame .