Mungo Jerry In The Summertime Lyrics Meaning
Hahahaha i love this song also i think it has one of the most prophetic lines ever in lifes for living yeah thats our philosophy i think thats going to be my new life motto.
Mungo jerry in the summertime lyrics meaning. And on september 5th 1970 it peaked at 3 for 1 week and spent 13 weeks on the top 100 for 6 of those 13 weeks it was on the top 10 and on its 13th and final week on the chart it was at 35. The band was known as memphis leather and the good earth before getting a record deal and changing their name to mungo jerry after the character mungojerrie from the t. Cause it will soon be summertime and we ll sing again we ll go driving 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. Written and composed by its lead singer ray dorset it celebrates the carefree days of summer.
Barry from sauquoit ny on july 5th 1970 in the summertime by mungo jerry entered billboard s hot top 100 chart at position 74. Im listening to it right now and all i can think now is chug a chug a choo choo. Mungo jerry in the summertime lyrics. In the summertime when the weather is high you can stretch right up a.
Many times considered to be one of. 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 you can turn or return to. Barry murray a producer at pye records was a friend of ray dorset s and signed the group to the label s more adventurous.
In the summertime is the debut single by british rock band mungo jerry. Eliot book old possum s book of practical cats later the basis for the broadway play cats.