Tree Song

1 I saw a tree by the riverside one day as I walked along,
Straight as an arrow and pointing to the sky, growing tall and strong.
"How do you grow so tall and strong?" I said to the riverside tree.
This is the song that my tree friend sang to me:

Refrain I've got roots growing down to the water,
I've got leaves growing up to the sunshine,
And the fruit that I bear is a sign of the life in me.
I am shade from the hot summer sun, and
I am a nest for the birds of the heavens.
I'm becoming what the Lord of trees has meant me to be:
A strong young tree.

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