Summertime Summertime:The Jamies.
#26 on Top 100 on EPIC Records in 1958.
INTRO:
It s summertime, summertime, sum sum summertime..
Summertime, summertime, sum sum summertime..
Summertime, summertime, sum sum summertime..
Summertime, summertime, sum sum summertime,
summertime..i..i..ime. (Ba bomp bomp.)
#1.
Well, shut them books and throw em away,
and say goodbye to dull school days.
Look alive and change your ways,
It s summerti.i..i..ime...(Ba bomp bomp.)
#2.
Well, no more studying history.
And no more reading ge..ography.
And no more dull ge..ometry.
Because it s su..ummertime...
CHORUS:
It s time to head straight for them hills.
It s time to live and have some thrills.
Come along and have a ball,
A regular free-for-all.
#3.
Well, are you comin or are you ain t?
You slow-pokes are my one complaint.
Hurry up before I faint.
It s summerti..i..i..ime.(Ba bomp bomp.)
#4.
Well, I m so happy that I could flip.
Oh, how I d love to take a trip.
I m sorry teacher but, zip your lip.
Because it s su..ummertime
CHORUS:
It s time to head straight for them hills.
It s time to live and have some thrills.
Come along and have a ball,
A regular free-for-all.
#5.
Well, we ll go swimmin , every day.
No time to work just, time to play.
If your folks com..plain, just say,
It s summerti..i..i..ime.(Ba bomp bomp)
#6.
And every night we ll, have a dance.
Cause what s a vacation without romance?
Oh, man this jive gets me, in a trance..
Because it s su..ummertime.
CHORUS:
It s time to head straight for them hills.
It s time to live and have some thrills.
Come along and have a ball,
A regular free-for-all....It s summerti..i..i..ime.
OUTRO:
It s summertime, summertime, sum sum summertime..
Summertime, summertime, sum sum summertime..
Summertime, summertime, sum sum summertime..
Summertime, summertime, sum sum summertime,
summertime..i..i..ime.....It s summertime!
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.