[Instrumental] [Intro] [piano solo, rubato arpeggios] [A Section] [upright bass enters with walking line, brushed drums enter] [piano plays syncopated melody and chords] Summertime and the livin' is easy Fish are jumpin' and the cotton is high Oh your daddy's rich and your ma is good lookin' So hush little baby, don't you cry [B Section] [tenor saxophone enters, playing melodic lead with vibrato] [piano shifts to comping role] One of these mornings You're goin' to rise up singing Then you'll spread your wings And you'll take to the sky [Solo Section] [tenor saxophone solo with rapid bebop runs and staccato phrasing] [upright bass and drums maintain steady swing feel] But till that morning There's a nothin' can harm you With daddy and mammy standin' by So don't you cry [Outro] [saxophone and piano play final melodic phrase in unison] [sustained piano chord with cymbal swell]
