Biography:
Mungo Jerry is an English folk/classic rock group from Ashford, Englandwhose greatest success was in the early 1970s, though they have continued throughout the years with an ever-changing line-up, always fronted by Ray Dorset. They are remembered above all for their hit "In the Summertime". It remains their most successful and most instantly recognisable song. Their name was inspired by the poem Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer, from T. S. Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats.
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Other songs:
- In The Summer Time
- In The Summer Time.
- In The Summertime
- Alright Alright Alright
- Baby Jump
- Have A Whiff On Me
- Hello Nadine
- Lady Rose Acoustic
- Little Miss Hipshake
- Long Legged Woman Dressed In Black
- Maggie
- Mighty Man
- She Rowed
- Somebody Stole My Wife
- Sweet Mary Jane
- The Pushbike Song
- Wild Love
- You Dont Have To Be In The Army
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In The Summertime
Intro (with grunts) C //// //// //// //// F //// //// C //// //// G7 //// F //// C //// ////
C
In the summertime when the weather is high
You can stretch right up and touch the sky
F C
When the weather's fine you got women you got women on your mind
G7 F C
Have a drink have a drive go out and see what you can find
C
If her daddy # 17 s rich take her out for a meal
If her daddy # 17 s poor just do what you feel
F C
Speed along the lane do a ton or a ton and twenty-five
G7 F C
When the sun goes down you can make it make it good or lay-by
C
We # 17 re no threat people we # 17 re not dirty we # 17 re not mean
We love everybody but we do as we please
F C
When the weather's fine we go fishing or go swimming in the sea
G7 F C
We # 17 re always happy life # 17 s for living yeah that # 17 s our philosophy
C
Sing along with us dee-dee-dee-dee-dee
Da-da-da-da-da Yeah we're hap-hap happy
F C
Da-da-da-da-dah de doo dah doo dah dah dah
G7 F C
Da doo dah dah dah dah doo dah dah dah
Instrumental with various shooka sounds
(with grunts) C //// //// //// //// F //// //// C //// //// G7 //// F //// C //// ////
C
When the winter # 17 s here yeah it # 17 s party-time
Bring a bottle wear your bright clothes it # 17 ll soon be summertime
F C
And we # 17 ll sing again we ll go driving or maybe we # 17 ll settle down
G7 F C
If she # 17 s rich if she # 17 s nice bring your friend and we will all go into town
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