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Summer time an' the livin' is easy, Fish are jumpin' an' the cotton is high. Oh, yo' daddy's rich, and yo' ma' is good-lookin', So hush, little baby, don' yo' cry.

Ira Gershwin

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Ira Gershwin
Age: 86 †
Born: 1896
Born: December 6
Died: 1983
Died: August 17
Composer
Librettist
Lyricist
Poet
Songwriter
Manhattan borough
New York City
Israel Gershowitz
Arthur Francis
Israel Gershvin
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Fishes
Lookin
Easy
Boat
Livin
Littles
Rivers
Hush
Little
Cry
Cotton
Good
Sea
Daddy
Time
Summer
Lakes
Baby
Fishing
Rich
Fish

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