Billie Holiday Discography   Lyrics

Summertime (1935)

lyrics by DuBose Heyward

music by George Gerhwin

 

Summertime 

And the livin' is easy
Fish are jumpin' 

And the cotton is high
Oh your daddy's rich 

And your ma is good lookin'
So hush little baby 

Don't you cry

 

One of these mornings
You're goin' to rise up singing
Then you'll spread your wings
And you'll take the sky
But till that morning
There's a-nothin' can harm you
With Daddy and Mammy 

Standin' by

(bridge)

One of these mornings
You're goin' to rise up singing
Then you'll spread your wings
And you'll take the sky
But till that morning
There's a nothin' can harm you
With daddy and mammy 

Standin' by

From the show Porgy and Bess