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Upon this hill they are a tree,
A very fine tree and a curious tree,
The tree on the limb and the limb on the tree,
And the tree on the limb and the hill there still,
And forever will you,
Oh, my handsome curious tree.
On this limb they are a nest ,
A very fine nest and a curious nest,
The nest on the limb and the limb on the tree,
And the tree on the hill and the hill there still,
And forever will he,
Oh, my handsome curious tree .
In this nest they are a egg ,
A very fine egg and a curious egg,
The egg on the nest and the nest on the limb,
And the limb on the tree and the tree on the hill,
And the hill there still and forever will he,
Oh, my handsome curious tree.
In this egg they are a bird,
A very fine bird and a curious bird,
The bird in the egg and the egg in the nest . etc.
On this bird they are a feather,
A very fine feather and a curious feather,
A feather on the bird and the bird in the egg etc.
On this feather they are a down,
A very fine down and a curious down,
The down on the feather and the feather on the bird. etc.
On this tree they are a root,
A very fine root and a curious root,
The root on the tree and the down on the feather. etc.
Collcted in 1950 from Mike Kent (b.1904) of Cape Broyle, NL, and published in MacEdward Leach And The Songs Of Atlantic Canada © 2004 Memorial University of Newfoundland Folklore and Language Archive (MUNFLA).
