| Author | Topic: Add: The Tree in the Wood | |
| dmcg | Posted - 21 Dec 04 - 10:31 am | |
All in a wood there grew a tree, The finest tree you ever did see, And the green leaves grew around, around, around, And the green leaves grew around. And on this tree there was a limb, The finest limb you ever did see, The limb was on the tree, The tree was in the wood. And the green leaves grew around, around, around, And the green leaves grew around. And on this limb there was a branch, The finest branch you ever did see, The branch was on the limb, The limb was on the tree, The tree was in the wood. And the green leaves grew around, around, around, And the green leaves grew around. And on this branch there was a nest, The finest nest you ever did see, etc. And in this nest there was an egg, The finest egg you ever did see, etc. And in this egg there was a yolk, the finest yolk you ever did see, etc. And in this yolk there was a bird, The finest bird you ever did see, etc. And on this bird there was a wing, The finest wing you ever did see, etc. And on this wing there was a feather, The firest feather you ever did see, etc. Source: Singing Together, Spring 1970, BBC Publications Notes: The bar in 3/4 time is repeated as often as necessary. Novello was acknowleged for this song, collected by Cecil Sharp. No specific publication is identified. However, there is a copy of this song, published by Novello, in A selection of collected Folk-Songs, order number NOV 190038, published 1908. Edited By dmcg - 21-Dec-2004 01:08:23 PM | ||
| Malcolm Douglas |
Posted - 22 Dec 04 - 07:43 am | |
The text appears to be a collation from various sources, and the tune (with minor modifications) as noted from William Tucker at Ashcott, Somerset, 6 September 1907 (Karpeles, Cecil Sharp's Collection of English Folk Songs, II, 419). Roud 129. Sharp also found versions in the Appalachians, and the song (or the story at any rate) seems to turn up in some form or another practically everywhere. | ||
| masato sakurai | Posted - 22 Dec 04 - 10:12 am | |
The version comes from Sharp and Vaughan Williams's A Selection of Collected Folk-Songs, vol. 1 (pp. 80-81): a Somerset version and "Collected and Arranged by Cecil J. Sharp." | ||
| Mr Happy | Posted - 03 Jul 12 - 01:50 pm | |
Very similar to 'Rattling Bog' | ||