Summertime Songtext
von Eddie Jefferson

Summertime, and the livin′ is easy
Fish are jumpin' and the cotton is high
Your daddy is rich and your mama is good lookin′
So hush little baby, don't you cry

One of these mornings you're gonna wake up singin′
Then you′ll flap your wings and you'll take to the sky
But until that morning there is nothin′ can harm you
'Cause your daddy and mommy are standin′ by

Summertime, summertime, summertime
When the livin' is easy, boy
Hey, the fish are jumpin′ up out of the lake
Bop, bop, bop
Tryin' to give the fishermen a break
Hey, your daddy is rich, your mama don't care
Your sister′s got clothes to go anywhere
Splish, splish, splop, blue-ba-doo-ba-doo
Little baby, don′t you dare to cry


Say one of these mornings, one of these mornings
One of these mornings you're gonna wake up singin′, boy
Then you'll flap your wings and you′ll take to the sky
Who knows where, who cares why
'Til that morning there′s nothin' can harm you
'Cause your daddy and mommy are standin′ by

Summertime, summertime, summertime
When the livin′ is easy, boy
All the fish are jumpin' up out of the lake
Bop, bop, bop
Tryin′ to give the fishermen a break
Hey, your daddy is rich, your mama don't care
Your sister′s got clothes to go anywhere
Splish, splish, splop, blue-ba-doo-ba-doo
Little baby, don't you dare to cry

Say one of these mornings, one of these mornings
One of these mornings you′re gonna wake up singin', boy
Then you'll flap your wings and you′ll take to the sky
Who knows where, who cares why
′Til that morning there's nothin′ can harm you
'Cause your daddy and mommy are standin′ by

And they certainly lookin' fly in the summertime
Summertime, and the livin′ is easy