Summertime is the time for me.

Gift of Dr. Mary Jane Esplen.Piano and voice [instrumentation]C major [key]Allegro moderato. [tempo]Popular music [form/genre]Laundry hanging on line outside. [illustration]F. A. Mills, New York. [dealer stamp]Publisher's advertisement on front inside cover and back cover. [note

Mind yo' own business, 'tend to yo'n business and let other folk's business alone.

Publisher's advertisement on back cover. [note]Haviland, New York. [dealer stamp]E. Pfeiffer, N. Y. [engraver]Flowers, portrait of Shepard N. Edmonds. [illustration]Popular song [form/genre]Moderato [tempo]E flat major [key]Piano and voice [instrumentation]Gift of Dr. Mary Jane Esplen

Summer time is the time for me.

Gift of Dr. Mary Jane Esplen.Piano and voice [instrumentation]C major [key]Allegro moderato [tempo]Popular music [form/genre]F. A. Mills, New York. [dealer stamp]Male quartette rendition appears on back cover. [note

Last night the coons were out a serenading [first line]

Performers: Ethel RobinsonPiano and Voice (with lyrics

Gray coons, stray coons, the funniest coons you\u27ve seen [first line of chorus]

Performers: Ethel RobinsonPiano and Voice (with lyrics

I\u27m goin\u27 to live anyhow till I die. I knows my kind of a life [first line of chorus]

Performance Medium: Piano and Voice (with lyrics