JUEVES - LYRICS ("In the summertime – Mungo Jerry")

- In the summertime – Mungo Jerry

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

do a ton or a ton and twenty-five.

When the sun goes down

you can make it, make it good and really fine.

We're no threat people, we're not dirty, we're not mean.

We love everybody, but we do as we please.

When the weather's fine

we go fishing or go swimming in the sea.

We're always happy.

Life's for living, yeah, that's our philosophy.

Sing along with us, dee-dee dee-dee dee.

Da doo da-da da, yeah, we're hap-pap-py.

Da da da, dee da doo dee da doo da doo da.

Da doo da-da da, dee da da dee da da.

When the winter's here, yeah, it's party time.

Bring your bottle, wear your bright clothes

'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 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

do a ton or a ton and twenty-five.

When the sun goes down

you can make it, make it good and really fine.

We're no threat people, we're not dirty, we're not mean.

We love everybody, but we do as we please.

When the weather's fine

we go fishing or go swimming in the sea.

We're always happy

life's for living, yeah, that's our philosophy.

Sing along with us, dee-dee dee-dee dee.

Da doo da-da da, yeah, we're hap-pap-py.

Da da da, dee da doo dee da doo da doo da.

Da doo da-da da, dee da da dee da da.

- Notas: Es una canción que se ha considerado “celebración de la vida” porque es todo acerca de la felicidad que el cantante siente con la llegada del verano. En si es una serie de consejos sobre cómo aprovechar el verano, con cosas como beber antes de conducir (“have a drink, have a drive”), etc. Es una especie de sueño veraniego juvenil. Eso sí, si uno tiene unas patillas como las del cantante, mejor no meterse en el agua o puede morir ahogado al mojarse estas y aumentar de peso.

- 1. “…stretch right up…” = “To strecht” se usa para hablar de estirarse, tanto al acabar con una actividad física como cuando estamos en la silla en nuestra oficina y nos estiramos como un gato recién despertado. Con “stretch right up” lo que hacemos es estirarnos al ponernos de pie tras una siesta o como si saliéramos de la hibernación.
- 2. “…do a ton or a ton and twenty-five …” = Nadie sabe a ciencia cierta lo que este verso significa. Para algunos habla de velocidades, siendo “a ton” 100 millas por hora y “a ton and twenty-five” 125 millas por hora. Otros creen que se refiere a las máquinas de discos de los bares (las famosas “jukebox”) en las que echaríamos monedas hasta gastar un dólar o un dólar y un cuarto.