"Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree"

"O Tannenbaum!" is an ode to an evergreen tree and what it symbolizes. The first verse has no reference to Christmas, just to the leaves being beautiful and unchanging, green not just in summertime but also in winter, when it snows.

"I see trees of green, red roses too ... " (Wonderful World)

"Yellow Bird (up high in banana tree)"

Here are a few I came up with by googling "lyrics: @ oak" or "lyrics: oak"


http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/rush/thetrees.html

"The Trees" (Rush)

There is unrest in the forest, there is trouble with the trees,
For the maples want more sunlight and the oaks ignore their pleas.

The trouble with the maples (And they're quite convinced they're right):
They say the oaks are just too lofty and they grab up all the light,
But the oaks can't help their feelings if they like the way they're made
And they wonder why the maples can't be happy in their shade

There is trouble in the forest and the creatures all have fled
As the maples scream 'Oppression!' and the oaks just shake their heads

So the maples formed a union and demanded equal rights,
'The oaks are just too greedy! We will make them give us light'
Now there's no more oak oppression for they passed a noble law,
And the trees are all kept equal by hatchet, axe and saw




http://www.metrolyrics.com/trees-lyrics-john-butler-trio.html

TREES (John Butler Trio)

They're cutting down all the trees -
Can someone stop them, please?
Thank God for people in this world
Who dedicate their lives to these.
Thank God for people in this world
Who dedicate their lives to trees.

Because

Cho:
Don't they know if they chop them down
There won't be anything to see?
Don't they know if they chop them down
There won't be anything to breathe?
Don't they know if they chop them down
It's only desert that they leave?
Don't they know anything? NO!

And it's all for the money,
That love for money.
Yes it's sweeter than honey
That love for money.
And don't care about the future,
Don't care about the past.
You just chop those trees down
While the money, it still lasts.
There's a war going on, yeah,
And it ain't in the middle east.
It's happening in our own damn country -
They're chopping down all the trees.

(Chorus)

"Hippie," "feral protestors" -
Call them what you may -
But if they weren't here right now
There wouldn't be a tree standing today.
"Hippie," "feral protestors" -
Call them what you may -
But if they weren't here right now
There wouldn't be a tree standing today.

They're cutting down all the,
They're cutting down,
They're cutting down all the,
They're cutting down,

(Chorus)

Richard Court, do you know anything?
Liberal Party, do you know anything?
John Howard, do you know anything?
Bunnings, do you know anything?
Simcore (sp?), do you know anything?
Hell no.




http://www.lyricstop.com/t/trees-martycaseylovehammers.html

TREES (Marty Casey And Lovehammers)


I don't want to go through this life
 without you by my side

And I got it all worked out in my head -
here's how it's got to be:

Chorus:


It'll be you and me

Up in the trees

And the forest will give us the answer.

It'll be you and I

Up in the sky
.
It's a combination for disaster.



We, we make believe in a world we rule together.

We can build our dreams with a knot tied tight to last forever.

(Chorus)


We got one shot, so let's use our imaginations
,Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah yeah, yeah
.
You're all that I got
, so where do we go from here?



It'll be you and me
 up in the trees
,
And the forest will give us the answer.

It'll be you and I
Up in the sky
,
It's a combination for disaster.


I know there's more for us in this life
If we hold on,
If we hold strong.

I know there's more for us in this life.

Can we hold on, can we hold on
?


Here's one performed by Snoop Dogg that's sort of about trees but proably not really what you're looking for for your kids' program: ; )

Smokin' Trees

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http://jamesbond007.net/Partitions/mango.html

"Underneath The Mango Tree" - Featured in the Bond movie "Dr. No."




http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/folk-song-lyrics/Oak_Ash_and_Thorn.htm



OAK, ASH, and THORN
(Music, Peter Bellamy; Words, Rudyard Kipling)
(E) Am Em Am / Am Dm Am
    Am - / Am - / Am - / Am Dm Am

Of all the trees that grow so fair, old England to adorn,
Greater are none beneath the sun than Oak, and Ash, and Thorn.

    Sing Oak, and Ash, and Thorn good sirs,
    All on a midsummer's morn.
    Surely we sing of no little thing
    In Oak, and Ash, and Thorn.

Oak of the clay lived many a day o'er ever Aeneas began
Ash of the loam was a lady at home when Brut was an outlaw man,
And Thorn of the down saw new Troy town, from which was London born
Witness hereby the ancient try of Oak, and Ash, and Thorn.

    Sing . . .

Yew that is old, in churchyard mould, he breedeth a mighty bow
Alder for shoes do wise men choose, and Beech for cups also
But when you have killed, and you bowl it is filled, and your
    shoes are clean outworn
Back you must speed for all that you need to Oak, and Ash, and Thorn

    Sing . . .

Elm, she hates mankind, and waits till every gust be laid,
To drop a limb on the head of him that anyway trusts her shade,
But whether a lad be sober or sad, or mellow with ale from the
horn,
He'll taketh no wrong when he lyeth along 'neath Oak, and Ash, and
    Thorn

    Sing . . .

Oh, do not tell the priest our plight, or he would call it a sin,
But we've been out in the woods all night, a-conjuring summer in,
And we bring you good news by word of mouth, good news for cattle
    and corn
Now is the sun come up from the south, by Oak, and Ash, and
    Thorn.

    Sing . . .
(Recorded by John Roberts and Tony Barrand on Dark Ships in
the Forest, Folk Legacy FSI65
    Rudyard Kipling's "A Tree Song" sets the scene for the stories and poems of "Puck of Pook's Hill." This setting of the verses is by Peter Bellamy of Norwich, who, since the breakup of the Young Tradition, has become one of Britain's best known exponents of traditional song. He has arranged a considerable number of Kipling's "songs," using original melodies or adapting traditional ones. This tune is his own.

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http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2008/02/12/big-elk-the-old-oak-tree-lyrics/   BIG ELK
"The Old Oak Tree" [Lyrics] ( a love song)




http://www.cowboylyrics.com/lyrics/proctor-rachel/strong-as-an-oak-13714.html

STRONG AS AN OAK (Rachel Proctor)

There's two trees in Becky Hill's front yard, one big, and one small.
That big oak's been there for ages and they planted that willow last fall

He bought it for their anniversary so they could watch it grow like their love.
Well each day she looks out the window to see it not growing that much.

And she cries like that weeping willow every time the wind starts to blow.
One of these days she's gonna be strong,
Strong like the oak.

Now she hates the thought of leaving, she hates to stay,
but somewhere in her heart she still needs him,
but not as much as she did yesterday.

And she cries like that weeping willow every time the wind starts to blow.
One of these days she's gonna be strong,
Strong like the oak

She'll walk out that screen door and hold her head high,
won't look back, won't shed a tear,
Right now she's afraid of being alone,
Oh, but she's been alone for years.

And she cries like that weeping willow every time the wind starts to blow.
One of these days she's gonna be strong,
Strong like the oak

Yeah one of these days, she's gonna be strong,
Strong as an oak.

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http://www.songs-lyrics.net/so-Yoko-Ono-lyrics-unknown-lyrics-Story-Of-An-Oak-Tree-lyrics-EA02B00910010236F0.html

Story of An Oak Tree (Yoko Ono)

I walked through the park and saw a young oak tree growing,

Growing beside an old bark hit by lightning.

I asked the young tree how he wished to be,

He shook his leaves and sung to me:



I'm a strong oak tree like my father used to be,

Though deep in my heart, the memory's still there.

The sky is clearer now and the wind is fair,

The world is beautiful and i like it out here.



When i hear thunder, i think of my father,

He taughtme about life, that was when i was five.

It's true that some days are more than grey,

But we learn to get by day by day.



I'm a strong oak tree like my father used to be,

Though deep in my heart, the memory's still there.

The sky is clearer now and the wind is fair,

The world is beautiful and i like it out here.



http://www.tsrocks.com/g/get_cape_wear_cape_fly_texts/an_oak_tree.html

An Oak Tree (Get Cape Wear Cape Fly)

Take a look at the oak trees in the park standing tall
like a tower of resilience despite the leaves that fall.
Stripping them back to their fraught frames,
all naked and on display.

Like us they dress for the season.
It will soon be spring again.
But you and I were not designed to be evergreens,
I guess that it's time to long for April to come.
Am i willing to wait here again?
Although I'm hungry and I'm tired
and all the bridges I made on the way
are quickly turning into fires
and as the embers are growing and no phoenix emerge.

I guess another setback is another lesson learnt.
Let's strip it back to the bare bones,
though not a matter of choice,
there's still something of worth
in just an acoustic and a voice.

As the new shoots start growing at the start of the year,
the tree is ready to deliver despite initial years.