Summertime - Live (1958/Chicago)

Summertime, and the livin' is easy Fish are jumpin' and the cotton is high Your daddy's rich and your ma is good-lookin' So hush little baby, baby don't you cry One of these mornings You're gonna rise up singing You're gonna spread your wings And you'll take to the sky But 'til that morning There ain't nothin' can harm you With Daddy and Mommy, Mommy standin' by Summertime, and the livin' is easy Fish are jumpin' and the cotton is high Your daddy's rich and your ma is good-lookin' So be quite keep still shh Hush little baby, don't you cry One of these mornings, one of these mornings you're gonna wake up singing You're gonna spread your wings and you'll take to the sky But 'til that morning There ain't nothing can harm you with Daddy and Mammy standin' by They say summertime, the living's easy What makes it easy? You have to go out and work So you go out and you do a day's work It's so warm, it's so hot, you perspire Yes, you perspire, and you perspire What do you get? Perspiration But you don't mind it because it's summertime and the living's easy So, you say "I think I'd go down, let's, let's go down and dig a real cool sounds at Mr. Kelly's." You come at Mr. Kelly's and you taste a while Yes, daddy, you drink a while When you drink, what you get? The check! You don't mind it 'cause it's summertime, living's easy What do you care? Your daddy's rich, you got a good-looking mother Imagine everybody with a good-looking mother and a rich daddy, ho, ho! Summertime, that's what the song says, living's easy Ha ha ha, oh yeah Summertime Summertime Summertime, and the living is easy (Thank you)