Released: November 16, 1964
Songwriter: Charlie Foxx Inez Foxx
Producer: Clyde Otis
[Intro]
(Mock) Yeah
(Ing) Yeah
(Bird) Yeah
(Yeah) Yeah
Mockingbird
[Chorus]
Everybody have you heard
He's going to buy me a mockingbird
Well now, if that mockingbird don't sing
He's going to buy me a diamond ring
And if that diamond ring don't shine
He's going to surely break this heart of mine
And that's why I can't tell him that sad thing
[Verse 1]
Oh, I know I love him and I can't tell him so
That I, I, I, I love him and that's all he doesn't know, he doesn't know
If that diamond don't ring don't shine
He's gonna surely break this heart of mine
And that's why I can't tell him that sad thing
[Chorus]
Oh oh oh, ooh ooh, everybody have you heard
He's going to buy me a mockingbird
Said now, if that mockingbird don't sing
He's going to buy me a diamond ring
If that diamond ring don't shine
He's going to surely break this heart of mine
And that's why I can't tell him that sad thing
[Verse 2]
Oh, I know that I, I love him and I can't tell him so
That I, I, I, I love him and it's all he doesn't know, he doesn't know
If that diamond don't ring don't shine
He's gonna surely break this heart of mine
And that's why I can't tell him that sad thing
[Chorus]
Oh oh oh, everybody have you heard
He's going to buy me a mockingbird
Said now, if that mockingbird don't sing
He's going to buy me a diamond ring
If that diamond ring don't shine
He's going to surely break this heart of mine
And that's why I can't tell him that sad thing
Oh oh oh, I, everybody have you heard
He's going to buy me a mockingbird
Said now, if that mockingbird don't sing
He's going to buy me a diamond ring
(Mock) Yeah
(Ing) Yeah
(Bird) Yeah
(Yeah) Yeah
Mockingbird
[Chorus]
Everybody have you heard
He's going to buy me a mockingbird
Well now, if that mockingbird don't sing
He's going to buy me a diamond ring
And if that diamond ring don't shine
He's going to surely break this heart of mine
And that's why I can't tell him that sad thing
[Verse 1]
Oh, I know I love him and I can't tell him so
That I, I, I, I love him and that's all he doesn't know, he doesn't know
If that diamond don't ring don't shine
He's gonna surely break this heart of mine
And that's why I can't tell him that sad thing
[Chorus]
Oh oh oh, ooh ooh, everybody have you heard
He's going to buy me a mockingbird
Said now, if that mockingbird don't sing
He's going to buy me a diamond ring
If that diamond ring don't shine
He's going to surely break this heart of mine
And that's why I can't tell him that sad thing
[Verse 2]
Oh, I know that I, I love him and I can't tell him so
That I, I, I, I love him and it's all he doesn't know, he doesn't know
If that diamond don't ring don't shine
He's gonna surely break this heart of mine
And that's why I can't tell him that sad thing
[Chorus]
Oh oh oh, everybody have you heard
He's going to buy me a mockingbird
Said now, if that mockingbird don't sing
He's going to buy me a diamond ring
If that diamond ring don't shine
He's going to surely break this heart of mine
And that's why I can't tell him that sad thing
Oh oh oh, I, everybody have you heard
He's going to buy me a mockingbird
Said now, if that mockingbird don't sing
He's going to buy me a diamond ring
- Runnin’ Out of Fools (1964)
- Respect
- I Say A Little Prayer
- Think
- (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman
- Chain Of Fools
- I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You)
- One Step Ahead
- Rock Steady
- Walk in the Light
- Ain’t No Way
- Day Dreaming
- I Say A Little Prayer For You
- I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)
- How I Got Over
- A Deeper Love
- Do Right Woman, Do Right Man
- You’re All I Need To Get By
- A Rose is Still a Rose
- Bridge Over Troubled Water
- Until You Come Back to Me (That’s What I’m Gonna Do)
- Baby, I Love You
- A Change Is Gonna Come
- Dr. Feelgood
- You Send Me