Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Janis Joplin
Canonical path: /janis-joplin/summertime
Related lyric paths: 6
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Summertime
Read Summertime lyrics by Janis Joplin on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Summertime
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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 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, n-n-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, no, no
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
Don't you cry
Don't you cry
Cry
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Janis Joplin performs "Summertime", and this lyric page sits inside the Janis Joplin catalog on LyroVerse.
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