Swingin’ In a Hammock

A 1930 popular song
words by Tot Seymour and Chas. O’Flynn
music by Pete Wendling


The sheet music:


Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:


Lyrics

  1. Give me a night in June
    Give me a summer moon
    Give me a hammock built for two
    Gee, it’s mighty cosy
    Side by side with you
    Rockin’ up in the air
    Rockin’ away our care
    Rockin’ until our hopes come true
    Everything looks rosy
    How can we be blue

Chorus
Swingin’ in a hammock
Underneath the trees
Just you and I together
Swayin’ in the breeze
And we’ll be listnin’ to a bluebird
Singin’ up above
He says he’ll be the lookout
While we’re makin’ love
As we go high low
Playin’ peek-a-boo
With all the stars up in the sky
High low in a cradle made of dreams
We’ll watch the clouds roll by
Nearest thing to heaven that ever I knew
Is swingin’ in a hammock
All alone with you

  1. Where do we glide away
    Where do we hide away
    Where do we go when shadows fall
    While the rest are dancing
    We hear Cupid’s call
    Calling from lovers lane
    Calling us once again
    Calling us where we never stall
    Talk about romancin’
    Sweetest place of all

Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: