Trees
~
unreleased session recording
I
think that I shall never see,
a
poem lovely as a tree!
A
tree whose hungry mouth is pressed,
against the earth's
sweet flowing breast;
A
tree that looks at God all day,
and lifts her leafy arms to pray;
A
tree that may in summer wear,
a
nest of robins in her hair;
Upon whose bosom snow has lain,
who intimately lives with rain.
Poems are made by fools like me,
but only God can make a tree!
( A tree that may in summer wear,
a nest of robins in her hair;
Upon whose bosom snow has lain,
the lovely winter's snow,
who intimately lives with rain,
. . . who lives with rain! )
Poems are made by fools like me,
but only God can make a tree!
~ featured in the 1948 Musical
"Melody Time"
Music by
Oscar
Rasbach
with lyrics by
Joyce
Kilmer , 1922, 1931
G. Schirmer Inc. and
Jerry Vogel Music Company Inc.
 
|
Album Notes |
With Mitchell Ayres'
Orchestra and the Ray Charles Singers
Recorded in Webster Hall, New York
City
A& R Production Joe Carlton
Recorded February
17th, 1955
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