- Music written by
- George Gershwin
- Lyrics written by
- DuBose Heyward, Ira Gershwin
- Composition date
- 1935
- Language
- English
- ISWC
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- Comments
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Aria performed in the opera Porgy and Bess. Sung by the character "Clara".
Summertime and the livin' is easy
Fish are jumpin' and the cotton is high
Your daddy's rich and your ma is good lookin'
So hush, little baby, don't you cry
Four on Six is a contrafact of "Summertime". - Published by
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CHAPPELL-CO INC
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DU BOSE-DOROTHY HEYWARD MEMORIAL FUND PUBL GEMA
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Adaptations
An adaptation is a musical work, which uses elements (music or lyrics) from another musical work.
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Summertime written by George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward English 1935
- Letní ukolébavka written by Ivo Rožek Czech 1963
- Letní ukolébavka written by Jan Werich Czech 1972
- Sluimer zacht written by Eugene Gaiser Dutch September 15, 1963
- Summertime written by Robb Johnson English 2004 — New set of political lyrics.
- Kesäyö written by Sauvo Puhtila Finnish 1958
- Kesäaika written by [Unknown] Finnish 1977
- Summertime written by Angélique Kidjo Fon 1997
- C'est l'été written by René Rouzaud French 1956
- Fille de brouillard written by Jimmy Farrell French 1983
- Sommerzeit written by Horst Heinz Henning German 1954
- Leto v nás written by Ján Štrasser Slovak 1976
- Verano written by Luis Fernández Ardavín Spanish
- Sommartid written by Styrbjörn Lindedal Swedish 1948
- Summertime written by Einar Rosenborg Swedish 1960
- Zimmertejg written by Salomon Schulman Yiddish 2001
- Summertime written by Max Weitz Yiddish
- Summertime written by unknown author(s) Zulu
Partial adaptations
A partial adaptation is a musical work which integrates only a part of another musical work, and this part is only a fragment of the new musical work.
Summertime written by George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward
- Doin' Time written by Brad Nowell, Ras MG English — Sings new lyrics to a part of the melody of Summertime.