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Thread #41296   Message #596643
Posted By: Dead Horse
20-Nov-01 - 03:59 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: cornish songs
Subject: Lyr Add: THE TREE ON THE HILL
Hal-An-Tow is in the lyrics pages.
THE TREE ON THE HILL.
Now on a hill there was a tree.
Such a tree you never did see.
The tree on the hill and the hill stood still.
And the green grass grew all around.
And the green grass grew all around, my boys.
And the green grass grew all around.
And the green grass grew all around, my boys.
And the green grass grew all around.

Now on that tree there was a branch.
Such a branch you never did see.
The branch on the tree.
The tree on the hill and the hill stood still.
And the green grass grew all around.
And the green grass grew all around, my boys (etc.)

Now on that branch there was a twig.

Now on that twig there was a leaf.

Now on that leaf there was a nest.

Now in that nest there was an egg.

Now in that egg there was a bird.

Now on that bird there was a wing.

Now on that wing there was a feather.

Now on that feather there was a flea.
Such a flea you never did see.
The flea on the feather.
And the feather on the wing.
And the wing on the bird.
And the bird in the egg.
And the egg in the nest.
And the nest on the leaf.
And the leaf on the twig.
And the twig on the branch.
And the branch on the tree.
And the tree on the bill and the hill stood still.
And the green grass grew all around.

And one day I'll understand how to format in this box, dammit. If you want the Cornish, I'll have to try and see what the OCR on my scanner does with it.
P.S. Have you ever tried to scan pages on a Big Thick Book? It aint as simple as I look :-)

HTML line breaks added. --JoeClone, 27-Nov-01.