Show list listen en to the blocking t the song called listen to the mocking bird is credited to richard milburn a negro barber of 0 philadelphia who was an excellent bird imitator particularly of the mocking bird the ph philadelphia ladelphia library invited him to give an exhibition at the meeting septimus winner a skilled musician and publisher induced milburn to whistle while he wrote down the notes in 1855 the song was first published with the frontispiece music by richard milburn words by alice hawthorne publisher septimus winner in later years the publisher received credit for being its originator |