"Ain't No Sunshine When She's Gone" is a classic song by Bill Withers. It features informal, colloqial speech at its best. Can you figure out why most English teachers would say that this kind of language is just plain wrong? The missing portions of the song are all common reductions heard in casual speech, especially in the southern part of the U.S. Click on the button to the right of each blank to see a clue. Each clue contains the long form of the reduction. Good luck and have fun!