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IN THE GOOD OLD SUMMER TIME
Words by Ren Shields Music by George Evans
1902


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8-Bar Intro

Verse 1

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                   THERE'S A TIME IN EACH YEAR THAT WE AL-WAYS HOLD DEAR,
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                                  GOOD OLD SUM-MER TIME;
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                WITH THE BIRDS AND THE TREES-ES AND SWEET SCENT-ED BREE-ZES,
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                                  GOOD OLD SUM-MER TIME,
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                   WHEN YOUR DAY'S WORK IS OV-ER THEN YOU ARE IN CLOV-ER,
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                           AND LIFE IS ONE BEAU-TI-FUL RHYME,
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                   NO TROU-BLE AN-NOY-ING, EACH ONE IS EN-JOY-ING,
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                             THE GOOD OLD SUM-MER TIME.

Verse 2

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                     TO SWIM IN THE POOL, YOU'S PLAY "HOOKY" FROM SCHOOL,
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                                   GOOD OLD SUM-MER TIME;
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                    YOU'D PLAY "RING-A-ROS-IE" WITH JIM, KATE AND JOS-IE,
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                                   GOOD OLD SUM-MER TIME,
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                    THOSE DAYS FULL OF PLEAS-URE WE NOW FOND-LY TREAS-URE,
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                            WHEN WE NEV-ER THOUGHT IT A CRIME,
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                   TO GO STEAL-ING CHER-RIES, WITH FACE BROWN AS BER-RIES,
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                                  GOOD OLD SUM-MER TIME.

Chorus

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                 IN THE GOOD OLD SUM-MER TIME, IN  THE GOOD OLD SUM-MER TIME,
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                   STROLL-ING THRO' THE SHA-DY LANES, WITH YOUR BA-BY MINE;
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              YOU HOLD HER HAND AND SHE HOLDS YOURS AND THAT'S A VE-RY GOOD SIGN
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                THAT SHE'S YOUR TOOT-SEY WOOT-SEY IN THE GOOD OLD SUM-MER TIME.

Chorus Parody

IN THE COT-TAGE NEXT TO MINE, IN THE COT-TAGE NEXT TO MINE,
THEY GO TO BED AT EIGHT O'-CLOCK AND DON'T GET UP TILL NINE.
THEY PULL THE SHADES AND DIM THE LIGHTS AND THAT A VER-Y GOOD SIGN,
THERE'S HAN-KY PAN-KY GO-IN' ON IN THE COT-TAGE NEXT TO MINE

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