The Growing Up Tree was a GSUSA recruiting song from the 1960's. It ran as an animated story song. The complete song lyrics are: The Growing Up Tree Joe Darion and George Kleinsinger Now Julie and Judy and Janie and Joan Were all very little and wished they were grown So they got together and all did agree, That they would go hunting the Growing Up Tree They looked high and low in the street and the park They looked in the light and they looked in the dark Til they met a wise woman who told them that she Would help them to hunt for the Growing Up Tree The Growing Up Tree, the Growing Up Tree The wonderful, mystical, Growing Up Tree The wise woman smiled and she gave them her hand She said, "Let us join in a bright, happy band. The Growing Up Tree we will hunt every day And we'll learn about living as we go our way. For the Growing Up Tree is not easy to find You must hunt with your heart, you must hunt with your mind, You must learn to be patient and learn to be wise For the thing that you seek is a wonderful prize." The Growing Up Tree, the Growing Up Tree The wonderful, mystical, Growing Up Tree They hunted for many a year and a day And the wise woman smiled as they went on their way She knew as she watched them grow wise and grow tall That the Growing Up Tree grew inside of them all. Yes, the Growing Up Tree lives inside of you too Make it bloom with the things that you learn and you do And wonder of wonders you soon will be grown Like Julie and Judy and Janie and Joan. Come along now with me, a Girl Scout you'll be And together we'll hunt for the Growing Up Tree. The Growing Up Tree, the Growing Up Tree The wonderful, mystical, Growing Up Tree Last known copyright holder: Allen S. Honing Last known address (no longer valid)253 5th Avenue, New York, New York 10016
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