Summertime

Summertime - Mahalia Jackson

Lyrics by：Mahalia Jackson

Composed by：Mahalia Jackson

Summer time and the livin' is easy

Fish are jumpin' and the cotton is high

Oh your daddy is rich and your mamma's good lookin'

So hush little baby

Don't you cry

One of these mornings

You're gonna rise up singing

You're gonna high show wing so

Take to the sky

But till that morning

Nothing will harm you

With daddy and mama

They'll be standing by

Sometimes I feel like a motherless child

Sometimes I feel like a motherless child

Sometimes I feel like a motherless child

Just a long way from my home oh lord

Just a long way from home

Hmmmm hm hmmm

Hmmmm hmmm hmmm hmmm

Hm hm hmmmm hmmmm

Hmmmm

Long way from home

Long way from home

Summer time and the living is easy

Fish are jumping oh

And the cotton is high

Oh your daddy is rich

And your mama is good looking

So hush little baby don't you cry

One of these mornings

You gonna' rise up singing

You gonna' hoist your way home

Take to the skies

But tell that morning nothing can harm you

With dad and mommy they'll be standing by