Summertime (from 'Porgy and Bess') - Bessie Smith

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 gonna rise up singing

And you’ll spread your wings and you’ll take to the sky

But 'til that morning, there ain’t nothin' can harm you

With daddy and mammy standin' by

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