Lyrics and translation Big Brother & The Holding Company - Summertime (live: 1968-06-23: Carousel Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, USA)

Summertime (live: 1968-06-23: Carousel Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, USA)

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.

Summertime (live: 1968-06-23: Carousel Ballroom, San Francisco, CA, USA)

L'été, le temps, le temps,
Mon enfant, la vie est facile.
Les poissons sautent hors
Et le coton, Seigneur,
Le coton est haut, Seigneur, si haut.

Ton papa est riche
Et ta maman est si belle, mon bébé.
Elle a l'air bien maintenant,
Chut, bébé, bébé, bébé, bébé, bébé,
Non, non, non, non, ne pleure pas.
Ne pleure pas !

Un de ces matins
Tu vas te lever, te lever en chantant,
Tu vas déployer tes ailes,
Mon enfant, et prendre, prendre ton envol,
Seigneur, le ciel.

Mais jusqu'à ce matin
Chérie, n-n-rien ne va te faire de mal maintenant,
Non, non, non, non, non, non, non, non, non, non, non, non, non, non, non, non
Non, non, non, non, non, non, non, non, non, non, non, non, non, non, non, non
Non, non, non, non, non, non, non, non, non,
Ne pleure pas,
Pleure.