the tune to the song "Good Morning to All". The tune became even more popular as "Happy Birthday to You" during the 20th century. Hill and her sister Mildred wrote the song (Mildred wrote the tune; Patty wrote the original lyrics) while Mildred was a composer of songs and Patty was principal at the Louisville Experimental Kindergarten School. This kindergarten was an early experiment in modern educational methods, and was honored, along with the Hill sisters, at the Chicago World's Fair in 1893. Later life and honors Patty Smith Hill, who never married, was awarded an honorary doctorate degree by Columbia University in 1929. Hill died at her home in New York City, and is buried in Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky. She and Mildred J. Hill were posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame on June 12, 1996. See also Kenwood Hill — Louisville neighborhood Patty Hill lived in List of people from the Louisville metropolitan area References External links The Happy Birthday Song and The Little Loomhouse 1868 births 1946 deaths Teachers College, Columbia University faculty Writers from Louisville, Kentucky Burials at Cave Hill Cemetery Songwriters from Kentucky