[HANASHIR:13119] The Tree Song Words and Chords

[Josh Miller <jmiller...>]

Hey Marge Eiseman (et al),

As per you request, here's the full description of the Tree Song that I 
have sent to the list in the past. Hope the choir likes it... :)

If anyone out there wants the hear this song, feel free to email me 
privately to request the MP3, or alternatively you could pick up a copy of 
the Camp Swig CD from '98, Shir L'Yom Chadash which also has it (and many 
other great tunes). Here's the link to it: 
http://www.soundswrite.com/swstore1.html#shirlyom

"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
It's Tu B'shvat.

Also, make sure you don't forget 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 hands in the air for the third "we 
grow" and after 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 with hands above their heads.

"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 call it "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...

Happy Tree-ing!

- Josh "The Tree Song Guy" Miller
   Evanston, Illinois

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