Words and Music by Ellen Allard, www.elllenallard.com
©2010 80-Z Music, Inc.
on Little Taste of Torah CD

Verse 1: This lovely tree, standing before us
Planted by someone a long time ago
Someone with hope, a hope for tomorrow
With a dream of the future right here in this tree
Chorus: So raise your hands up high
For all the world to see
Everyone stand up - for trees


Verse 2: The thing about trees, that is so amazing
In living they give us, all that we need
They give us food, shelter and beauty
And they give us the air, the air that we breathe….Chorus

Verse 3: Some trees are huge, some trees are tiny
Some scrape the sky, and some scrape your knee
Some live a long time, with rings that can prove it
Some formed the table, where we wrote this song…..Chorus

Bridge:
There’s beech, elm, and maple,
Hickory, locust
Chestnut, catalpa
cedar and gum

Tupelo, willow
Cypress, magnolia
Sycamore, rosewood,
Oak, birch, and plum

Sassafras, apple,
dogwood and poplar,
persimmon and walnut
and the old cherry tree

Cottonwood, redwood,
olive and orange,
all of them growing,
growing so free…

Verse 1 and Chorus