SUMMER IS A-COMIN' IN

Alec Wilder / Marshall Bauer

as recorded by Nat "King" Cole 
with Pete Rugolo & his Orchestra  
January 11th 1952


Cuckoo singin' his heart out,
Robin raisin' a din;
What is so rare
As June in the air?
Summer is a-comin' in!

Old man goin' out fishin',
Puttin' worms in a tin;
Look at him go,
So easy and slow,
Summer is a-comin' in!

What's all the hurly-burly?
There's a noise that's mighty queer!
Could it be school's out early?
Could it be laughter I hear?

Feel a strange kind o' stirrin',
Something's bound to begin!
The world is dressed
In her Sunday best,
Summer is a-comin' in!

What is so rare
As June in the air?
Summer is a-comin' in!

Look at him go,
So easy and slow,
Summer is a-comin' in!

What's all the hurly-burly?
There's a noise that's mighty queer!
Could it be school's out early?
Could it be laughter I hear?

Feel a strange kind o' stirrin',
Something's bound to begin!
The world is dressed
In her Sunday best,
Summer is a-comin' in!

Gee, I'd like to go fishin'!



(Transcribed by Peter Akers - March 2013)