"Mockingbird Hill"

No personal notes.

"Mockin' Bird Hill" was written by Vaughn Horton and published in 1951. It was popularized by Patti Page and by Les Paul and Mary Ford in 1951.

When the sun in the morning peeps over the hill,
And kisses the roses 'round my windowsill;
Then my heart fills with gladness when I hear the trill
Of the birds in the treetops on Mockingbird Hill.

Chorus:
Tra-la-la, twiddly-dee-dee, it gives me a thrill
To wake up in the morning to the mockingbird's trill.
Tra-la-la, twiddly-dee-dee, there's peace and goodwill;
You're welcome as the flowers on Mockingbird Hill.

Got a three-cornered plow and an acre to till,
And a mule that I bought for a ten-dollar bill.
Got a tumble-down shack and a rusty old mill,
But it's my home sweet home up on Mockingbird Hill.

When it's late in the evening, I climb up the hill
And survey all my kingdom while everything's still
Only me and the sky -- and an old whippoorwill,
Singin' songs in the twilight on Mockingbird Hill.
(chorus, repeat last 2 lines)