When the sun in the morning peeps over the hill And kisses the roses on my window sill Then my heart fills with gladness as I hear the trill Of the birds in the treetops on Mockingbird Hill Tra-la-la, twee-dle-dee-dee-dee It gives me a thrill To wake up in the morning To the Mockingbird's trill Tra-la-la, twee-dle-dee-dee-dee There's peace and goodwill You're welcome as the flowers on Mockingbird Hill ♪ When it's late in the evening and everything's still I survey all my kingdom on Mockingbird Hill Me and the sky and an old whippoorwill That's my home sweet home upon Mockingbird Hill Tra-la-la, twee-dle-dee-dee-dee It gives me a thrill To wake up in the morning To the Mockingbird's trill Tra-la-la, twee-dle-dee-dee-dee There's peace and goodwill You're welcome as the flowers on Mockingbird Hill