Lyric discussion by shan4short 

Cover art for Summertime lyrics by Billie Holiday

I like this song very much. Everytime I hear it, I think of a 1930s jazz club, cramped with people and filled with smoke. I think song is about the singer assuring a child that his or her parents are well off, so there is nothing to worry about. Because she says: Hush little baby, don't you cry the child may have been depressed.