ella fitzgerald-summertime (live at mister kelly’s) Lyrics

summertime
and the livin’ is easy. fish are jumping
and the cotton is high. your daddy’s rich
and your ma is good-looking. 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’s nothin’ can harm you. with daddy and mammy–mammy standin’ by. summertime
and the livin’ is easy. fish are jumping
and the cotton is high. your daddy’s rich and your ma is good-looking. so be quiet
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’s 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 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 go– let’s go 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. look imagine everybody with a good-looking mother and a rich daddy. ho ho! summertime. that’s what the song says. the living’s easy. ha ha ha oh yeah ha ha. summertime. summertime. summertime and the living is easy.”