summer time and the living is easy
fish are jumping and the cotton is high
your daddy is rich and your mamma so good lookin
so hush pretty baby dont you cry

one of these mornings
im gonna rise up and start singing to you girl
coz you spread your wings and you take to the sky
but before that morning nobodys gonna harm you
your daddy and mommy standing by
your daddy and mommy standing by ho

Summer's breath, an ease we softly hold,
Where silver fish in sunlight leap and gleam,
And cotton clouds, like dreams, unfold,
Your father's wealth, your mother's flowing dream.
Hush, my darling, let no tear descend.

One dawn will come, a rising, soulful song,
I’ll sing to you, as you begin to soar,
Spread wings of hope, where you belong,
But till that dawn, no darkness at the door.
Your father's strength, your mother's tender grace,
Your father and your mother stand in place.
Your father and your mother stand in place, so true.