Summertime and the living is easy Fish are jumpin' and the cotton is high Your daddy's rich and your ma's good-looking So hush, little baby, don't you cry One of these mornings you're gonna rise up singin' Then you'll spread your wings and you'll take the sky But 'til that morning, there's nothing can harm you So hush, little baby, don't you cry ♪ Summertime and the livin' is easy Fish are jumpin' and the cotton's high Your daddy's rich and your ma's good-lookin' So hush, little baby, don't you cry One of these mornings you're gonna rise up singin' Then you'll spread your wings and you'll take the sky But 'til that morning, there's nothing can harm you So hush, little baby, don't you cry Don't you cry Don't you cry So hush, little baby, don't you cry Don't you cry, baby