Historic Sheet Music Collection
Document Type
Article
Links to Recordings at the Internet Archive
https://archive.org/details/78_listen-to-the-mocking-bird_alice-green-raymond-dixon-septimus-winner-uintah-masterm_gbia0029306a
https://archive.org/details/78_listen-to-the-mocking-bird_del-wood_gbia0031839b
https://archive.org/details/78_listen-to-the-mocking-bird_louis-armstrong-gordon-jenkins-and-his-chorus-and-orches_gbia0022576b
https://archive.org/details/78_listen-to-the-mocking-bird_mary-martin-woody-herman-and-his-orchestra-septimus-winn_gbia0033355a
https://archive.org/details/78_listen-to-the-mocking-bird_the-river-valley-ramblers_gbia0031473bPublication Date
1850
Lyrics
I’m dreaming now of Hally, sweet Hally, sweet Hally,
I’m dreaming now of Hally,
For the thought of her is one that never dies;
She’s sleeping in the valley, the valley, the valley,
She’s sleeping in the valley,
And the mocking bird is singing where she lies
CHORUS
Listen to the mocking bird,
Listen to the mocking bird,
The mocking bird still singing o’er her grave;
Listen to the Mocking bird,
Listen to the mocking bird,
Still singing where the weeping willows wave.
Ah! Well I yet remember, remember, remember,
Ah! Well I yet remember
When we gather’d in the cotton side by side;
‘Twas in the mild September, September, September,
‘Twas in the mild September,
And the mocking bird was singing far and wide.
When the charms of spring awaken, awaken, awaken,
When the charms of spring awaken,
And the mocking bird is singing on the bough,
I feel like one forsaken, forsaken, forsaken,
I feel like one forsaken,
Since my Hally is no longer with me now.
QUARTETTE
Listen to the mocking bird,
Listen to the mocking bird,
The mocking bird still singing o’er her grave;
Listen to the mocking bird,
Listen to the mocking bird,
Still singing where the weeping willows wave.
Listen to the mocking bird,
Listen to the mocking bird, the mocking bird still sing o’er her grave;
Listen to the mocking bird,
Listen to the mocking bird,
Still singing where the weeping willows wave.
Recommended Citation
Hawthorne, Alice, "Listen to the Mocking Bird" (1850). Historic Sheet Music Collection. 840.
https://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/sheetmusic/840
The views expressed in this paper are solely those of the author.
Comments
Listen to the Mocking Bird
Written and arranged by Alice Hawthorne
Philadelphia: Published by Lee & Walker (722 Chestnut St.)
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