Mahalia Jackson - The green leaves of summer

A TIME TO BE DREAMIN' A DREAM OF YOUR OWN

Esta memorable composición de Dimitri Tiomkin para la película "El Alamo" (1960), con su nostágica letra de Paul Francis Webster, encontró en la solemne voz de Mahalia Jackson la interpretación idónea para poner de manifiesto toda su gran carga emotiva.

The green leaves of summer (lyrics)

A time to be reapin', a time to be sowin'
The green leaves of summer are calling me home
It was good to be young then in the season of plenty
When the catfish were jumpin' as high as the sky

A time to be livin', a time to be laughin'
A time to be dreamin' a dream of your own
It was so good to be young then to be learning to pray
And to bless the good Lord for each wonderful day

It was good to be young then to be close to the earth,
Now the green leaves of summer are callin' me home