summertime and the living is easy fish are jumpin and the cotton is high your daddy s rich and your ma is good looking so hush little baby don t you cry one of these mornings you re gonna rise up singing spread your wings and you ll take to the sky but til that morning there s nothing can harm you daddy and mommy standing by summer summer summer summertime and the living is easy fish are jumping and the cotton is high your daddy s rich and your ma is good looking so hush little baby don t you cry