PEGGY LEE - THE FOLKS WE LOVE ON THE HILL

THE FOLKS WHO LIVE ON THE HILL

PEGGY LEE

SONGWRITERS: JEROME KERN & OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: THE MAN I LOVE

LABEL: CAPITOL RECORDS

GENRE: JAZZ

YEAR: 1957

"The Folks Who Live on the Hill" is a 1937 popular song composed by Jerome Kern, with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II.

It was introduced by Irene Dunne in the 1937 film High, Wide, and Handsome and was recorded that year by Bing Crosby for Decca (#1462, mx DLA940A, Los Angeles 9/20/37). Guy Lombardo enjoyed chart success with the song in 1937. It has become particularly associated with Peggy Lee, who sang it on her 1957 album The Man I Love. Lee's performance was conducted by Frank Sinatra.

Norma Deloris Egstrom (May 26, 1920 – January 21, 2002), known professionally as Peggy Lee, was an American jazz and popular music singer, songwriter, composer, and actress, in a career spanning six decades. From her beginning as a vocalist on local radio to singing with Benny Goodman's big band, she forged a sophisticated persona, evolving into a multi-faceted artist and performer. During her career, she wrote music for films, acted, and recorded conceptual record albums that combined poetry and music.

Someday we'll build a home on a hilltop high

You and I

Shiny and new a cottage that two can fill

And we'll be pleased to be called

"The folks who live on the hill"

Someday we may be adding a wing or two

A thing or two

We will make changes as any fam'ly will

But we will always be called

"The folks who live on the hill"

Our veranda will command a view of meadows green

The sort of view that seems to want to be seen

And when the kids grow up and leave us

We'll sit and look at the same old view

Just we two

Darby and Joan who used to be Jack and Jill

The folks who like to be called

What they have always been called

"The folks who live on the hill".