<P> Mercer and Mancini wrote the song for Audrey Hepburn to sing in the film Breakfast at Tiffany 's . The lyrics , written by Mercer , are reminiscent of his childhood in Savannah , Georgia , including its waterways . As a child , he had picked huckleberries in summer , and connected them with a carefree childhood and Mark Twain 's Huckleberry Finn . Although an instrumental version is played over the film 's opening titles , the lyrics are first heard in a scene where Paul `` Fred '' Varjak ( George Peppard ) discovers Holly Golightly ( Hepburn ) singing the song , and accompanying herself on the guitar , while sitting on the fire escape outside their apartments . </P>
<P> Mercer and Mancini wrote the song for Audrey Hepburn to sing in the film Breakfast at Tiffany 's . The lyrics , written by Mercer , are reminiscent of his childhood in Savannah , Georgia , including its waterways . As a child , he had picked huckleberries in summer , and connected them with a carefree childhood and Mark Twain 's Huckleberry Finn . Although an instrumental version is played over the film 's opening titles , the lyrics are first heard in a scene where Paul `` Fred '' Varjak ( George Peppard ) discovers Holly Golightly ( Hepburn ) singing the song , and accompanying herself on the guitar , while sitting on the fire escape outside their apartments . </P>
who did mercer and mancini write the song moon river for
who did mercer and mancini write the song moon river for
Audrey Hepburn
Audrey Hepburn