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The Good Old Summertime

by Michael DeLuca

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1.
In the good old summer time, in the good old summer time 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 summer time. Let me call you "Sweetheart" I'm in love with you Let me hear you whisper that you love me too Keep the lovelight glowing in your eyes so true Let me call you "Sweetheart" I'm in love with you.
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I've been worried all day long, Don't know if I'm right or wrong I can't help just what I say Your love makes me speak this way Why, oh! why should I feel blue? Once I used to laugh at you But now I'm crying, No use denying There's no one else but you will do, You made me love you, I didn't want to do it, I didn't want to do it. You made me want you, And all the time you knew it, I guess you always knew it. You made me happy some times, You made me glad But there were times dear, You made me feel so bad. You made me sigh for I didn't want to tell you, I didn't want to tell you. I want some love that's true, Yes I do, 'Deed I do, you know I do. Give me give me what I cry for, You know you've got the brand of kisses that I'd die for You know you made me love you.
3.
Sister Susie's sewing in the kitchen on a "Singer," There's miles and miles of flannel on the floor and up the stairs, And father says it's rotten getting mixed up with the cotton And sitting on the needles that she leaves upon the chairs. And should you knock at our street door, ma whispers "Come inside!" Then when you ask where Susie is, she says with loving pride: Sister Susie's sewing shirts for soldiers Such skill at sewing shirts our shy young sister Susie shows Some soldiers send epistles say they'd sooner sleep in thistles Than the soft, short shirts for soldiers sister Susie sews. Piles and piles and piles of shirts she sends out to the soldiers, And sailors won't be jealous when they see them, not at all. And when we say her stitching will set all the soldiers itching, She says our soldiers fight best when their back's against the wall. And little brother Gussie, he who lisps when he says 'yes', Says "Where's the cotton gone from off my kite? Oh I can gueth! I forgot to tell you that our sister Susie's married, And when she isn't sewing shirts she's sewing other things. Then little sister Molly says, "Oh, sister's bought a dolly! She's making all the clothes for it with pretty bows and strings." Says Susie, "Don't be silly!" as she blushes and she sighs. Then mother smiles and whispers with a twinkle in her eyes:
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Sometimes when I feel bad and things look blue, I wish a pal I had, say one like you. Someone within my heart to build a throne, Someone who'd never part, to call my own. If you were the only girl in the world, and I were the only boy, Nothing else would matter in the world today, We could go on loving in the same old way. A Garden of Eden just made for two, with nothing to mar our joy. I would say such wonderful things to you, There would be such wonderful things to do, If you were the only girl in the world and I were the only boy.
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I was so young, you were so beautiful What was a fellow to do? I was enraptured with you. They told me not to, but still I loved you, how I loved you. I was so young, you were so beautiful. I knew you couldn't be true. Each time I looked at you my heart grew sad, 'Twas then I realized why men go mad, You made me give you all the love I had, For I was so young, yes, I was so young, and you were so beautiful.
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Always 01:40
I'll be loving you, always. With a love that's true, always. When the things you've planned need a helping hand, I will understand, always, always. Days may not be fair, always. That's when I'll be there, always. Not for just an hour, not for just a day, not for just a year, but always.

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Summer offers us a precious opportunity to reset and recharge. The days are longer, the nights warmer, and things seem to slow down just a bit; providing time to stroll through shady lanes, hold hands, be silly, and fall into (and out of) love. The songs on this album echo these timeless feelings, and help remind us of the special moments we have had – and can look forward to – in the Good Old Summertime.

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released June 20, 2021

Cover Photo: Highland Park, Rochester NY.
All arrangements by Michael DeLuca. © 2021 Michael DeLuca Music.

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Michael DeLuca performs a variety of different musical styles throughout the Finger Lakes region of New York State.

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