Mungo Jerry: In The Summertime

 

Record Info:

 

Manufactured: PYE
Catalogue Number: SLDPY 749
Released: 1970
Produced by: Barry Murray
 

Side 1

 

In The Summertime (3:28)
(R. Dorset)

Johnny B. Badde (3:01)
(R. Dorset)

San Francisco Bay Blues (3:38)
(Fuller)

Sad Eyed Joe (2:50)
(King)

Maggie (4:11)
(R. Dorset)

Peace In The Country (3:05)
(R. Dorset)
 

Side 2

 

Baby Let's Play House (5:51)
(Gunter)

See Me (3:53)
(R. Dorset)

Movin' On (4:12)
(King)

My Friend (2:38)
(R. Dorset)

Mother *!*!*! Boogie (2:50)
(Dorset – King – Earl – Cole)

Daddie's Brew (3:40)
(Earl)
 

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Record Label Side 1

Record Label Side 2

1.1 - In The Summertime

In the summertime when the weather is hot
You can stretch right up and touch the sky
When the weather's fine
You got women, you got women on your mind
Have a drink, have a drive
Go out and see what you can find

If her daddy's rich take her out for a meal
If her daddy's poor just do what you feel
Speed along the lane
Do a ton or a ton an' twenty-five
When the sun goes down
You can make it, make it good in a lay-by

We're no threat, people
We're not dirty, we're not mean
We love everybody but we do as we please
When the weather's fine
We go fishin' or go swimmin' in the sea
We're always happy
Life's for livin' yeah, that's our philosophy

Sing along with us
Dee dee dee-dee dee
Dah dah dah-dah dah
Yeah we're hap-happy
Dah dah-dah
Dee-dah-do dee-dah-do dah-do-dah
Dah-do-dah-dah-dah
Dah-dah-dah do-dah-dah
Alright ah

When the winter's here, yeah it's party time
Bring your bottle, wear your bright clothes
It'll soon be summertime
And we'll sing again
We'll go drivin' or maybe we'll settle down
If she's rich, if she's nice
Bring your friends and we'll all go into town

In the summertime when the weather is hot
You can stretch right up and touch the sky
When the weather's fine
You got women, you got women on your mind
Have a drink, have a drive
Go out and see what you can find

If her daddy's rich take her out for a meal
If her daddy's poor just do what you feel
Speed along the lane
Do a ton or a ton an' twenty-five
When the sun goes down
You can make it, make it good in a lay-by

We're no threat, people
We're not dirty, we're not mean
We love everybody but we do as we please
When the weather's fine
We go fishin' or go swimmin' in the sea
We're always happy
Life's for livin' yeah, that's our philosophy

Sing along with us
Dee dee dee-dee dee
Dah dah dah-dah dah
Yeah we're hap-happy
Dah dah-dah
Dee-dah-do dee-dah-do dah-do-dah
Dah-do-dah-dah-dah
Dah-dah-dah do-dah-dah

1.2 – Johnny B. Badde

Johnny plays the guitar sittin' on the wall, yeah!
All the people all come come 'round, yeah!
All the girls, all of the fellas,
Love to hear him playin' 'cause they dig that sound, alright!

Ev'rybody knows that John's a good looker,
He can get the girls, any one he wants, yeah!
See them stare when he is a-playin,
Dancin' and singin' they can't get enough, alright!

He plays in the sunlight, plays in the moonlight,
All night, all day, he never stops,
Come on, everybody, everyone of ya,
Clap your hands, jump and shout, lets have some fun, alright!

1.3 – San Francisco Bay Blues

I got the blues from my baby down by San Francisco Bay,
She took an ocean liner she's gone so far away,
Well I didn't mean to treat her so bad,
She was the best looking girl I ever had,
She said goodbye, made me cry, I'm gonna lay down and die

Well I ain't got a nickel, I ain't got a lousy dime,
If she never come back I think I'm gonna lose my mind,
If she never comes back to stay, I think I am going insane
Walking with my baby down by the San Francisco Bay

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Well meanwhile I'm sitting in the city, just about to go insane,
The woman I'm so crazy 'bout, wondering if she call my name,
If she ever comes back to stay, there gonna be a brand new day,
A walking with my baby down by the San Francisco Bay

If she never comes back to stay, I think I am going insane
Walking with my baby down by the San Francisco Bay

1.4 – Sad Eyed Joe

No Lyrics Available


1.5 – Maggie

She got long hair, she got big eyes,
She wears skirts that show her thighs,
O Maggie, come along and spent some time,
O Maggie, come along and spent some time, with me

I like Sue, she's alright,
I'm gonna see my Maggie tonight,
O Maggie, come along and spent some time,
O Maggie, come along and spent some time, with me

I like Sue, Rose is better,
I'm gonna write my Maggie a letter,
O Maggie, come along and spent some time,
O Maggie, come along and spent some time, with me

I like Sue, she's gone to my head,
I like Maggie 'cause she's better in bed,
O Maggie, come along and spent some time,
O Maggie, come along and spent some time, with me

Oh Maggie, come along and spent some time,
Oh Maggie, come along and spent some time,
Oh Maggie, come along and spent some time

1.6 – Peace In The Country

There's peace in the country when the sun goes down,
The corn is getting on high,
The war is over an there's peace all around,
I'm gonna stay here 'till I die, yeah,
I'm gonna stay here 'till I die

The war was bad but it didn't last long,
Millions are dead and gone,
Nuclear warheads flying all around,
Somebody dropped the bomb, yeah,
Somebody dropped the bomb

There was blood in the mountains, blood in the sea,
Blood everywhere I trod,
Women were dying, children too,
And everybody lost, yeah, everybody lost

Now the sun's getting lower, and the shadows are cast,
I can see the corn getting high,
No fish in the ocean, no birds in the air,
Just dust 'cause someone dropped the bomb, yeah,
Dust 'cause someone dropped the bomb

Damn the politicians, dictators and all, whoever got us into this mess,
I'm the only one left with all my senses and limbs,
I don’t no what's happened to the rest, no, I don’t no what's happened to the rest
 

2.1 – Baby Let’s Play House

Baby baby baby baby baby
come back baby I wanna play house with you

You may go to college
You may go to school
You may have a pink Cadillac
But don’t you be nobody’s fool

Now come baby come
Come back baby come
Come back baby
I wanna play house with you

Now this is one thing baby
I want you to know
Come on back to me little girl
We can make like we did before

Now come baby come
Come back baby come
Come back baby
I wanna play house with you

Well now this is one thing baby
That I’m talkin’ about
Come on back to me little girl
So we can play some house

Now come baby come
Come back baby come
Come back baby
I wanna play house with you

Now come baby come
Come back baby come
Come back baby
I wanna play house with you

Now come baby come
Come back baby come
Come back baby
I wanna play house with you
Now come baby come
Come back baby come
Come back baby
I wanna play house with you

2.2 – See Me

No Lyrics Available

2.3 – Movin’ On

Got up this morning, got an aching head,
Been sleepin' on the floor cause there's people in my bed,
I've been sleepin', sleepin' on the floor it's so sad,
Think I'll pack up my belongings and get myself another new pad

The sun is getting hot, burning on my back,
Wonder what I'm doing still searching for a flat,
I should be swimming, swimming in the deep blue sea,
Getting plenty of fresh air instead of working in a factory

Well I took my guitar and some bread and some clothes,
And I started off down the road,
Kept walking all day until the sun went down,
Yeah, deep down, melting and sinking into the ground,
The watery sky, the tears in its eye, as it sank through the clouds and began to die

Got down to the coast, before the morning tide,
Done one hundred miles and it only took three rides,
I'm so happy just a sitting here by the sea,
The only thing I'm missing is some female company

Rolling in the sand, having lots of fun,
Watching all the ladies just lazing in the sun,
Well I got one and she had two good friends as well,
Gonna buy a bottle of gin and get them as drunk as hell

Sitting on the beach drinking round by the fire,
I played the guitar and sang a tune,
Everybody's happy just a dancing around,
Dancing around, fooling around, the blood in their veins beginning to pound,
Pounding away, the night into day, the morning appears warming the ground

Sleeping on the beach and the fuzz come along,
They said "You move, you gotta move on",
"You can't stay here just drinking that beer",
"You gotta move you gotta move on",
"Come on everybody stop a hanging around",
"You gotta move you gotta move on"
"We'll give you ten minutes and you better be gone",
"You gotta move you gotta move on",
"Come on everybody we'll a-follow the sun",
We're gonna move we're gonna move on


2.4 – My Friend

I saw that woman with the beautiful legs,
I gave her the eye yeah' here's what see said,
She said my friend, everybody is my friend,
She said my friend come an' have a drink on me

Well by the embankment the river was calm,
The moon shone down and she held my arm,
She was my friend, everybody was my friend,
She said my friend come an' have a drink on me

I saw that woman with the beautiful legs,
I gave her the eye yeah' here's what see said,
She said my friend, everybody is my friend,
She said my friend come an' have a drink on me

I took her home and she kept me warm,
When I wake up all my money was gone,
She was my friend, everybody was my friend,
She said my friend but she took ev'ry penny I had

Oh yeah, she was my friend, everybody was my friend,
She said my friend but she took ev'ry penny I had,
Yes she did
She was my friend, everybody was my friend,
She said my friend but she took ev'ry penny I had


2.5 – Mother!!! Boogie

Instrumental

2.6 – Daddie’s Brew

No Lyrics
Available