Intro and accompaniment throughout the song:
A7 A7sus/addF# A7(no 3rd)  A7sus/addF#

Ah hush hush hush a while mama
Hey don't you say a word now
I just wonder if you are aware of the boy next door
Peeking in your window
Ah mama Lord how he knows you well
And the old man at the corner store
Gives you candy and what is more
Ah a pinch and a smile mama gonna last for miles
Ah can't you feel it now

It's just like a mockingbird singing on the hillside
Chirping at his morning song
Don't you weep don't you fret don't you wail don't you moan now
Can't you hear the whipporwill a calling

Ah some old men read their religion
They read it out of books but
All I gotta do is stare at you darling
You're all I know and that's how it's gonna be baby
Just feel that sunshine that'll warm your heart

It's just like a mockingbird singing on the hillside
Chirping at his morning song
Don't you weep don't you wail don't you moan don't you fret
Can't you hear the whipporwill a calling

Yes this morning I looked out my window
And I heard the little girls go by on their way to school
And when nobody's looking ah (how)they're acting so natural
But just as soon as they catch your eye

Ah Lord it's just like a mockingbird singing on the hillside
Chirping at his morning song
Don't you weep don't you fret don't you moan don't you wail 
Can't you hear the whipporwill a calling

Ah now darling don't you marry don't you marry the milkman
cause he's always making the round
And don't you marry no factory man
Comes home dirty and wet
And the mailman is always late
Ah get yourself a lonely guitar picker
With a wicked wandering eye
He'll make you happy then he'll leave
Oh but Lord but what is there darling
There's a song in your heart
And I don't think it's gonna leave

It's just like a mockingbird singing on the hillside
Chirping at his morning song
Don't you weep don't you fret don't you moan don't you wail 
Can't you hear the whipporwill a calling
Ah mama can't you hear him calling
Hear him calling
Don't you hear him calling?