Lollipop Tree
Composer(s): Burl Ives
Performer(s): Josh White Jr.; Ron Coden
One fine day in early spring, I played a funny trick
Right in the yard behind our house
I planted a lollipop stick
And everyday I watered it well
And watched it carefully
I hoped one day that stick would grow
To be a lollipop tree
Ah-ha-ha, oh-ho-ho
What a sight to see
Me and my lollipop, lollipop, lollipop
Lolly, lolly, lollipop tree
Then one day I woke to find a very lovely sight
A tree all full of lollipops had grown in the dark of the night
I sat beneath that wonderful tree and looked up with a grin
And when I opened up my mouth, a lollipop dropped right in
Ah-ha-ha, oh-ho-ho
What a sight to see
Me and my lollipop, lollipop, lollipop
Lolly, lolly, lollipop tree
Winter came and days grew cold as winter days will do
On my tree, my lovely tree, not one little lollipop grew
From every branch an icicle hung, its limbs were bare as bones
But when I broke those icicles off they turned into ice cream cones
Ah-ha-ha, oh-ho-ho
What a sight to see
Me and my lollipop, lollipop, lollipop
Lolly, lolly, lollipop tree
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