SING A SONG FOR A CHERRY TREE

 

SING A SONG FOR A CHERRY TREE            ANY DAY WILL DO

 
A whispering pine once  said,  Come lets plant a cherry tree, We’ll use a spade, make wide its hollow bed.  Where we will plant a cherry tree, a seed will do.

“And cover over with water and  earth                                                                                                                                     The lovely work of nature,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              We’ll  think of birds and greening trees                                                                                                                                           Sing a song for a cherry tree any day will do.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

“We’ll think of orchards far from town                                                                                                                                                  Of heights where streams                                                                                                                                            Come tumbling down,                                                                                                                                                         Where bluebirds sing and play.

“Where rain is coaxed from flying clouds                                                                                                                        Till everything is clean and fresh                                                                                                                                   Everywhere you see.                                                                                                                                                              We’ll see a tiny cherry  tree wake up.                                                                                                                                                                                                

“Then throw the earth aside                                                                                                                                                And stretch for a climb to the sky,                                                                                                                                          Come, sing a song for my cherry tree                                                                                                                                                                   Any day will do.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

DR. KARL WALLACE D.D.S.

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