Summertime

Summertime
And the livin' is easy
Fish are jumpin'
And the cotton is high
‎
Oh, your daddy's rich
And your mamma's good lookin'
So hush, little baby,
Don't you cry
‎
One of these mornings
You're going to rise up singing
Then you'll spread your wings
And you'll take the sky
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But until that morning
There's a'nothing can harm you
With your daddy and mammy ‎
standing by.

Parole di Edwin DuBose Heyward (1885-1940), scrittore, e Ira Gershwin (1896-1983), liricista.
Musica di George Gershwin (1898-1937), compositore e pianista ebreo americano di origine russa.‎
Canzone dall’ “American folk opera” “Porgy and Bess” (1935), tratta dal racconto “Porgy” di ‎Edwin DuBose Heyward.‎