Tree Song

unison/piano (for treble voices) – words & music by Lorraine Hammond – piano accomp. by Peter Amidon

Lorraine Lee Hammond created this beautiful song and singing game for young children.  Peter composed the piano accompaniment to the song for the New England Dancing Masters “Down in the Valley – More Great Singing Games for Children” CD. The recording you hear is from that CD, Mary Alice singing the solo. The recording is in C major; the sheet music is in D major.

New England Dancing Masters, publishers of books, CDs and DVDs of dances and singing games for children, was formed by Andy Davis, Mary Cay Brass, and Peter and Mary Alice Amidon in 1991.

LYRICS

Tree Song
by Lorraine Hammond

This is my trunk I’m a tall tall tree
In the springtime the blossoms grow on me.
They open, they open.

This is my trunk I’m a tall tall tree
In the summer the breezes blow through me,
I bend, I bend.

This is my trunk I’m a tall tall tree
In the autumn the apples grow on me,
They drop, they drop.

This is my trunk I’m a tall tall tree
In the winter the snowflakes fall on me,
Brrrrr,  Brrrrr

This is my trunk I’m a tall tall tree
In the springtime the blossoms grow on me.
They open, they open.