Summertime and the Living is Easy Summertime (1968) by Ella Fitzgerald

Summertime, and the livin is easy goes the first line of the amazing song Summertime by Ella Fitzgerald the Tee Carson trio. Ella Fitzgerald the Tee Carson trio Summertime (from Porgy and Bess, by George Gershwin). The first lady of song in Berlin, 1968. Beautiful mother singing a lullaby to her baby. Summertime lyrics Songwriters: George Ira Gershwin, Du Bose Dorothy Heyward 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 to the sky But til that morning There s a nothing can harm you With your daddy and mammy Standing by Don t you cry