In the shade of this old tree   In the summer of my dreams   By the tall grass, by the wild rose   Where the trees dance and the wind blows      As the days go oh so slowly   And the sun shines oh so holy   On the good and gracious green   In the summer of my dreams      By the banks of this old stream   In the summer of my dreams   By the deep pool where the fish wait   For the old fool with the wrong bait      There's a field of purple clover   There's a small cloud passing over   And then the rain comes washing clean   On the summer of my dreams      See the raindrops on the grass now   Just like diamonds lying there   By the old road where I pass now   There's a twilight in the air      And as the sun sets down before me   I see my true love waiting for me   Standing by the back porch screen   In the summer of my dreams      In the shade of this old tree   In the summer of my dreams   By the tall grass, by the wild rose   Where the trees dance as the beans grow      As the days go oh so slowly   As the sun shines oh so holy   On the good and gracious green   In the summer of my dreams