Oak Song

This is a song for the Oak trees from the Song Seeds collection of the Children’s Song Forest. These songs have been written to be sung to and for the trees, to celebrate and honour their many gifts. This song was recorded in a beautiful British woodland amongst the birds and the trees.
This song features in the Summer chapter of the book: The Children’s Forest by Dawn Casey, Anna Richardson and Helen d’Ascoli published by Hawthorn Press.
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This film has been made by Children’s Forest, who enable children to plant trees for future generations.
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Oak Song
by Anna Richardson, River Jones and Oran Ash
Chorus
Oak, Oak, Oak of old,
King of trees in your crown of gold,
You are the door to worlds unseen,
In winter bare and in summer green.
Verse 1
From gold to green and gold once more,
Your leaves will turn before they fall,
When twice you’ve worn your golden crown,
Each season’s harvest comes tumbling down.
Verse 2
And when you wear your Autumn crown,
Blue-feathered Jay from your branches sounds,
From cradles high your acorns fall,
So young may grow or to nourish all.
Verse 3
Five hundred years to grow and thrive,
Five hundred more to remain alive,
Shelter for all throughout your reign,
And many thousand lives sustain.
Verse 4
When dark clouds roll across the sky,
When thunder roars and storm winds fly,
All must beware you, mighty Oak,
For you may court the lightning stroke.
Verse 5
Your roots grow deep your heart so strong,
Powers of the Sun to you belong,
Generous to all as King you stand,
In peace and strength you guard this land.
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