X:1271
T: the Tree In the Wood
O: English Folk Song
%R: air
B: "The Golden Book of Favorite Songs", 1923
S: https://ia802507.us.archive.org/33/items/goldenbookoffavo00beat_0/goldenbookoffavo00beat_0.pdf
Z: 2020 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
F:http://roaringjelly.org/~jc/music/book/GoldenBookOfFavoriteSongs/1271_the_Tree_In_the_Wood.abc	 2025-02-25 180427 UT
K: D
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w: 1.~All in* a* wood there grew a tree, The fin-*est* tree you ev-er did see
w: 2.~And on* this* tree there grew a limb, The fin-*est* limb you ev-er did see
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w: And the green leaves grew a-round, a-round, a-round, And the green leaves grew a-round.
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w: ev-er did see; The limb was on the tree, The Tree was in the wood,****
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w: And the green leaves grew a- round, a-round, a-round, And the green leaves grew a-round.
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%%text 3. Branch. 4. Nest. 5. Egg. 6. Yolk. 7. Bird. 8. Wing. 9. Feather.
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W: And on the wing there was a feather, The finest feather you ever did see,
W: The feather was on the wing,         The wing was on the bird,
W: The bird was in the yolk,            The yolk was in the egg,
W: The egg was in the nest,             The nest was on the branch,
W: The nest was on the branch,          The limb was on the tree,
W: The tree was in the wood,            And the green leaves grew around, around, around,
W: And the green leaves grew around.
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