summertime
and the killing is easy
pigs are jumping
and mourning is nigh

your daddy’s poor
and your ma is not working
so hush little baby
don’t you die

one of these mournings
you’re gonna rise up thinking
of spreading your left wing
and uncasting the die

but til that mourning
the pigs can harm you
even with mummy and daddy fighting fly

summertime
and the killing is easy
pigs are jumping
and mourning is nigh

oh your daddy’s poor
and your ma is not working
so hush little baby
don’t you die