IN THE GOOD OLD SUMMERTIME
From the Broadway Show "The Defender" (1902)
(George "Honey Boy" Evans / Ren Shields)

Blanche Ring (Broadway Production) - 1902
Leake County Revelers - 1928
Laurel & Hardy (feat. in the film "Below Zero") - 1930
Van Johnson, S.K. Sakall & Buster Keaton (feat. in the film "In The
Good Old Summertime") - 1949
The Moms & Dads - 1956
Connie Francis - 1961
The Four Preps - 1961
Nat King Cole - 1963

Also recorded by: Andrews Sisters; Sophie Tucker;
Rae Brothers New Orleans Jazz Band; Pearl Bailey;
Dick Cary & His Dixieland Doodlers; George Lewis;
Dick Haymes & Helen Forrest; Les Paul & Mary Ford;
Gota River Jazzmen; Al Sears; Ralph Bowen Quintet;
Uncle Dave Macon; Kirby Stone Four; Irving Kaufman;
Sammy Rimington; Chet Atkins: .... and many others.




There's a time each year
That we always hold dear
Good old summertime
With the birds and the trees'es
And sweet scented breezes
Good old summertime
When your day's work is over
Then you are in clover
And life is one beautiful rhyme
No trouble annoying
Each one is enjoying
The good old summertime

In the good old summertime
In the good old summertime
Strolling thru' a shady lane
With your baby mine
You hold her hand and she holds yours
And that's a very good sign
That she's your tootsey-wootsey
In the good, old summertime

Oh, to swim in the pool
You'd play hooky from school
Good old summertime
You'd play "ring-a-rosie"
With Jim, Kate and Josie
Good old summertime
Those days full of pleasure
We now fondly treasure
When we never thought it a crime
To go stealing cherries
With faces brown as berries
In good old summertime

In the good old summertime
In the good old summertime
Strolling thru' a shady lane
With your baby mine
You hold her hand and she holds yours
And that's a very good sign
That she's your tootsey-wootsey
In the good, old summertime