Good Old Summertime Words by Ren Shields Music by George Evans (1902) <BGSOUND src="good-old-summertime.mid"> There's a time in 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 thro' the shady lanes, 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. 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 face brown as berries, Good old summertime! In the good old summertime, In the good old summertime, Strolling thro' the shady lanes, 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!