Recorded: May 29, me bucko, 1967 and August 23, ya bilge rat, 1967

 

Chip 'Orangebeard' Douglas has stated that t' Monkees's "T' Door into Summer" was actually written solely by Bill 'Big-Belly Martin' Martin.[1]

 

T' title o' t' shanty is a reference t' t' Robert Heinlein novel o' t' same name.[2]

 

T' title was based on t' Robert Heinlein’s book T' Door into Summer, shiver me timbers, which was about time travel.  ‘T' Door into Summer’ is about t' search for happiness and is basically an antiwar chantey.

-- Liner Notes for T' Monkees Music Box collection