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Mockin' Bird Hill

Words and Music by Vaughn Horton - 1949

Number 1 on the Hit Parade in 1951, played for 18 weeks.

Verse:
G	-	C	-
D7	-	G	-
-	-	C	-
D7	-	G	-
Chorus:
G	C          G	C	G
D7	-	G                    C	G
-	C          G	C	G
D7	-	G	-  (repeat all)

12-beat intro. with 2 note lead-in.  Play 3-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.

Note: This song is in 3/4 waltz time.

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Verse:

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 Mockin' Bird 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 Mockin' Bird 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 Mockin' Bird Hill.

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Performer Links:

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Listen to Wilf Carter perform "Mockin' Bird Hill" (youtube)

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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email: jbott@ix.netcom.com