There's a song in this movie (starring Marilyn Monroe & Robert
Mitchum, directed
by Otto Preminger)where Marilyn is playing guitar,singing to Mitchum's
"son"...
It's about the "four winds" -- north wind, west wind, etc.  One  of
the choruses
is something like: Down in the meadow, under the brook, catfish are
waitin' for the hook...
    Old lady blackbird winks at the scarecrow,
    Scarecrow's waving at the moon.
    Old Mr. Moon makes hearts everywhere go "thump thump" 
    With the magic of June...

So, anyway, looking for complete lyrics for this song, and also info
regarding
who wrote it and whether it was written specifically for this film or
already
existed.     Thanks!

Hello.

The song is called "Down in the Meadow."  According to ASCAP's ACE
database, the song was written by Kenneth Darby and Lionel Newman for
the movie "River of No Return."

From the ACE database:

DOWN IN THE MEADOW (FR "RIVER OF NO RETURN")       (Title Code:
340069287)
Writers:
DARBY KENNETH LORIN
NEWMAN LIONEL 
Source ASCAP Ace:
http://www.ascap.com/ace/search.cfm?mode=search

Full lyrics available on four different web pages:

"Down in the meadow ( Ken Darby/ Lionel Newman)"
on fortunecity.com
http://www.fortunecity.com/bennyhills/gum/72/id35.htm

Enya forum:  MARILYN’S GARDEN
"Down in the meadow"
http://forum.enya.com/topic.asp?ARCHIVE=true&TOPIC_ID=1563

Warning the following two sites have a lot of pop-up ads:

Spynets.net: Down in the meadow
http://www.spynets.net/lyrics_details.php?ID=3429

Letssingit.com: Down in the meadow
http://www.letssingit.com/marilyn-monroe-down-in-the-meadow-5rpxqw7.html


search strategy: "mr moon makes"

I hope this helps.

Just what I needed -- plus, now knowing about the fortune city website
will be very helpful in the future.  Thank you!