Summertime, Summertime

By: Tom Jameson & Sherm Feller
The Jamies
Key: F

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It’s sum-mer-time sum-mer-time
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Sum-mer-time sum-mer-time
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Sum-mer-time sum-mer-time
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Well shut them books and throw ’em a- way
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Say good-bye to dull school days
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Look a-live and change your ways
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It’s sum-mer- time…

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Well no more stud-y-ing his-to-ry
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And no more read-ing ge-og-ra-phy
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And no more dull ge-om-e-try
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Be-cause it’s sum- mer- time

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It’s time to head straight for them hills
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It’s time to live and have some thrills
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Come a-long and have a ball
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A reg-u-lar free-for-all

Well are you comin’ or are you stayin
You saw it first and I won’t complain
Hurry up before I change
It’s summertime

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 summertime

(Chorus)

Well we’ll go swimmin’ every day
No time to work just time to play
If your folks complain just say,
“It’s summertime”

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 summertime

Chorus
It’s summertime

It’s summertime summertime sum sum summertime
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Summertime

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It’s sum-mer- time