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.
    But 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,
  Cry.