[HANASHIR:10759] Re: Tree Song Lyrics/Chords/Motions

[Roberta Seltzer <missroberta...>]

Correction:  joshuamiller2003 (at) kellogg(dot)northwestern(dot)edu

Roberta


>From: "Cantor Don Croll" <dcroll (at) templeshalomdallas(dot)org>
>Reply-To: hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org
>To: <hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org>
>Subject: [HANASHIR:10732] Re: Tree Song Lyrics/Chords/Motions
>Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2002 15:30:47 -0600
>
>I would like to e-mail Josh Miller privately. But... I don't see his
>address. Hellooo... how do I get it? Who's got it to give? All I see is the
>hanashir e-mail address.
>Thanks,
>Don Croll
>dcroll (at) templeshalomdallas(dot)org
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org [mailto:owner-hanashir (at) 
>shamash(dot)org]On
>Behalf Of Joshua Miller
>Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 8:18 AM
>To: hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org
>Subject: [HANASHIR:10700] Re: Tree Song Lyrics/Chords/Motions
>
>
>Elana (and everyone),
>
>I am very flattered to hear that "The Tree Song" is your favorite Tu
>B'shevat Song! I had meant to send an email our earlier this month offering
>lyrics, chords, music and the mp3, and your note reminded me that I didn't
>get a chance to do that yet. So before its too late, here are the chords,
>words and a description of the body motions. If anyone wants me to email
>them an MP3, please let me know, I'd be happy to do so!
>
>Here's the text to the song with some guitar chords:
>
>"THE TREE SONG"
>Music and Words by: Josh Miller
>Copyright 1994 Josh Miller
>
>D
>I've got a friend
>A
>Who comforts me
>D
>I'm a kid
>G
>And he's a tree!
>            D        A       D     G
>          We grow, we grow we grow.
>            D        A       D     G
>          We grow, we grow we grow.
>
>          Tu Tu Tu Tu Tu Tu Tu Tu Tu Tu Tu Tu Tu Tu Tu Tu Tu Tu Tu
>Tu     Tu...Tu'B'shvat...
>          Tree, Tree, Tree, Tree, Tree.....Tu'B'shvat
>
>On my Birthday
>We eat a lot.
>On her birthday
>Is Tu B'shvat!
>
>Also, here are the ever-important body motions to the chorus parts of this
>song:
>
>"We grow, we grow..." -- During this part, I have kids start out by making
>themselves into tiny seeds by dropping down and making wrapping themselves
>into a ball to be as small as possible for the first "we grow", and then
>they make themselves into saplings (or half-trees) by kind of squatting and
>putting their arms out bent for the second "we grow", and then I have them
>make themselves into big tall trees with arms up high for the third "we
>grow" and the last "we grow" is to transition back to the seed again...
>
>"Tu tu tu..." -- During this part, I have kids start kind of squatted, and
>then shake their hands in front of them really low down, and through each
>"Tu" they get a little higher and a little higher until by the end they are
>BIG TALL TREES again! :)
>
>"Tree! Tree! Tree!" -- During this part, every time you yell tree, you have
>to make yourself into the craziest shaped tree anyone has ever seen, and
>hold that position until you yell "Tree!" again (WARNING: This is very fun
>for kids.) I sort of think of it as "vogue-ing like a tree". The key here
>is that there are lots of different shaped trees all over the world, and we
>can appreciate that by trying to be like them... Together, we can become a
>wild and wackiest forest of kids...
>
>The verses are sung as a call-and-response, with no body motions (yet)...
>
>Happy Tree-ing!
>
>- Josh "The Tree Song Guy" Miller
>    Evanston, Illinois
>
> >And secondly, I just looked through my music
> >and it seems that I have misplaced my favorite Tu
> >b'shvat song. I remeber that the first verse start out
> >with "I've got a friend, who comforts me. I'm a kid
> >and he's a tree". If anybody knows this song and could
> >e-mail me the words and the chords that would be
> >excellent. My e-mail address is elanarose (at) yahoo(dot)com(dot)
> >Thank you so much in advance. I hope all is well.
>
>
>


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