Summertime (1935)
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(w) DuBose Heyward (m) George Gershwin (I) Opera: Porgy and Bess by Abbie Mitchell (RR) 1957 by Sam Cooke (RR) 1959 film version by Loulie Jean Norman dubbing for Diahann Carroll. Theme song of Bob Crosby and his Orchestra. (RR) 1962 by Rick Nelson. (RR) 1966 by Billy Stewart. (RR) 1971 by The Marcels (CR) Billie Holiday
Summertime an’ the livin’ is easy
Fish are jumpin’ an’ the cotton is high.
Oh yo’ daddy’s rich an’ yo’ ma is good lookin’
So hush little baby don’ you cry.

One of these mornin’s you goin’ to rise up singin’.
Then you’ll spread yo’ wings an’ you’ll take to the sky.
But till that mornin’ there’s a nothin’ can harm you
With daddy an’ mammy standin’ by.

Summertime an’ the livin’ is easy
Fish are jumpin’ an’ the cotton is high.
Oh yo’ daddy’s rich an’ yo’ ma is good lookin’
So hush little baby don’ you cry.