“It's summertime and the living is easy
Fish are jumping and the cotton is high
Your daddy's rich and your mama's good-looking
Hush, little baby don't you cry.”

—  Sam Cooke

Summertime
Song lyrics, Sam Cooke (1957)

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American singer-songwriter and entrepreneur 1931–1964

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