Change ), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summertime_(song), http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/Summertime-for-George-Gershwin.html?c=y&page=2. I will never be able to listen to this song again without seeing it in the light you have proposed. Go looking for the summer The time has come and they must go To play the passion out that haunts you so Looking for the summer Remember love how it was the same We scratched and hurt each OTHER'S growing pains We were looking for the summer And still I stand this very day With a burning wish to fly away I'm still looking, looking for the summer Truth is Light and it will set you FREE! You know, I always thought the lyrics to Summertime were describing a Black mother’s hopes and dreams for her Black child. This is THE most requested song, especially from white audience members. That’s when my mind was opened to the true meaning of the song. In this video does it sound like she’s singing a lullabye? Looking for the summer The eyes take on a certain gaze And leave behind the springtime days Go looking for the summer This ain't no game of kiss and tell The implications how you KNEW so well In the lyrics all the way through he repeats the last word of the line in the verse. I am very fortunate to live in an area where four very talented musicians play 2 1/2 hours of nothing but Beatles songs once a month at a local establishment. I really think they KNOW what it means and just want to be reminded of the “good ole days” when they thought they ruled. You are an organization that deals with the history of women in the business..This is an extension of that history–and remember these other “races” singing this piece probably don’t even know that Gershwin left behind instructions that the role in the play must never be sung by anyone other than a black woman. I have performed this song for years and yes I have had questions about Summertime’s meaning. I heard her sing it live in Montreux, Switzerland, in the 1990s. "it Won't Be Long" Is a song they learned at my request. Heyward’s inspiration for the lyrics was the southern folk spiritual-lullaby All My Trials, of which he had Clara sing a snippet in his playPorgy. I agree with you. join with all nature in manifold witness  'Glorious Day (Living He Loved Me)' Castin... 'In Christ Alone' The Booth Brothers Tent ... Inspiring Performance of 'Praise You In Th... 'Amazing Grace' George Jones Live Performa... ‘The Heart Of Worship’ – Incredible Live P... California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. Exploring the meanings of songs since 2003. It certainly gives me food for thought. The truth is that the black woman raised their children and that is why they are in such psychological turmoil today. We are so ignorant of our history and that is done deliberately on the part of whites. I tried to research it to put on my Facebook page to enlighten people but could not find anything about why DuBose Heyward wrote the lyrics. Discover the glorious lyrics and inspiring story behind "Great is thy Faithfulness" below! Listen to the tension in the chords during “The cotton is high” compared with the melody, and how it changes into a lullaby for the last line of the verse. Runyan set the poem to music, and it was published that same year by Hope Publishing Company and became popular among church congregations. [8][9] While in his own description, Gershwin did not use any previously composed spirituals in his opera, Summertime is often considered an adaptation of the Afro-American spiritual Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child, which ended the play version ofPorgy.

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