From “You’re Never Too Young”, 1955.
Words by Sammy Cahn.
Music by Arthur Schwartz.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
It’s time to hit the trail
It’s time to hit the lofty trail
I never like to travel by automobile, or bike
The only way to travel along
Is to travel along the way you like
And as for me, I like, I like to hike
It’s time to climb the peak
It’s time to climb the lofty peak
It’s fun to ride a choo-choo
If choo-choos are what you like
But I don’t choose to ride choo-choos
They are not for me, the rail and spike
Because, you see, I like, I like to hike
I’m standing on top of the world
Standing on top of the top of the world
Wonderful world, standing on top of the wonderful world
Life is glorious, grand and glorious
If you should meet a trav’ler, an elderly gent or a tyke
They’ll both declare, with a passionate air
That they learned to like to like to hike
And like the gent, the gent with the tyke
I too, declare, with a passionate air
I like to hike, I like to hike
Fall, fall, fall, fall
Campfire, campfire, campfire
Call, call, call and call and call and call
You cannot sleep at all
The dawn breaks thru the sky
Again you hear the cry
It’s time to hit the trail
It’s time to hit the lofty trail
I’ve climbed a lot of mountain peaks
Including the peak of Pike
The peak of Pike was a heck of a hike
But I’ll never, never, never rest
Until I conquer Everest
I’ll never, never, never rest
Until I conquer Ever, Everest
I like to hike