In the Good Old Summer Time

A nostalgic, seasonal love song, 1902.
words by Ren Shields
music by George Evans

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The sheet music:

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piano roll QRS #1002 played by Rudy Erlebach in 1920:

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Lyrics

1. There’s a time in each year that we always hold dear
   Good old summer time
   With the birds and the treeses and sweet scented breezes
   Good old summer time
   When your day’s work is over then you are in clover
   And life is one beautiful rhyme
   No trouble annoying, each one is enjoying
   The good old summer time

Chorus:
In the good old summer time
In the good old summer time
Stolling 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

2. To swim in the pool, you’d play “hooky” from school
   Good old summer time
   You’d play “ring-a-rosie” with Jim, Kate, and Josie
   Good old summer time
   Those days full of pleasure we now fondly treasure
   When we never thought it a crime
   To go stealing cherries, with face brown as berries
   Good old summer time

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Sung here by Fred Feild: