"Summertime" lyrics
"Summertime"
Summertime, and the living is easy.
Fish are jumping, and the cotton is high.
Oh, your daddy's rich, and your ma is good-looking.
So, hush, little baby, don't you cry.
One of these mornings you're gonna rise up singing.
Yes, you'll spread your wings and you'll take to the sky.
But 'til that morning, there's nothing can harm you.
Yes, with daddy and mammy standing by.
Summertime, and the living is easy.
Fish are jumping, and the cotton is high.
Oh, your daddy's rich, and your ma is good-looking.
So, hush, little baby. Baby, don't you cry.
Oh, don't you cry.
Don't you cry.
Oh, don't you cry.
Don't you cry.
Writer(s): Dubose Heyward, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin
"Summertime" is an aria of the 1935 opera "Porgy and Bess". The aria was created by George Gershwin and DuBose Heyward in 1934.
The studio version of this song was included on the album "Porgy and Bess" (1958). The album is a collaboration between Ella Fitzgerald and
Louis Armstrong.
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"The Complete Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong on Verve" (1997)
Porgy and Bess: Overture