Summertime
Big Brother and the Holding Company * Track #3 On Cheap Thrills
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- #1Combination of the Two
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- #2I Need a Man to Love
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- #3Summertime
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- #4Piece of My Heart
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- #5Turtle Blues
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- #6Oh, Sweet Mary
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Summertime by Big Brother and the Holding Company
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Big Brother and the Holding CompanyProduced by
John SimonWrited by
DuBose Heyward & Ira Gershwin & George GershwinAbout
This song is one of the three covers that Big Brother recorded in Cheap Thrills. It is originally a jazz standard co-composed by George and Ira Gershwin for the opera “Porgy and Bess”. The lyrics are by DuBose Heyward.
Originally a lullaby, Janis passionate voice transforms it into a blues, psychede...
Summertime Lyrics
Summertime, time, time
Child, the living's easy
Fish are jumping out
And the cotton, Lord
Cotton's high, Lord so high
Your daddy's rich
And your ma is so good-looking, baby
She's a-looking good now
Hush, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby
No, no, no, no, don't you cry, don't you cry
One of these mornings
You're gonna rise, rise up singing
You're gonna spread your wings, child
And take, take to the sky
Lord, the sky
Until that morning
Honey, nothing's going to harm you now
No, no, no no, no no, no, no, no, no, no
No, no, no no, no no, no, no, no, no, no
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, don't you cry
Summertime Q&A
Who wrote Summertime's ?
Summertime was written by DuBose Heyward & Ira Gershwin & George Gershwin.
Who produced Summertime's ?
Summertime was produced by John Simon.
When did Big Brother and the Holding Company release Summertime?
Big Brother and the Holding Company released Summertime on Mon Aug 12 1968.