TREES! - Triumphant Trees (theme song)
Theme song and first number in the full-length musical "TREES!" by Joe Cyr. Lyrics by Joe Cyr; music and vocal by Ron Berringer (deceased)
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Story behind the song
Lead song in the musical "TREES!" preceding a story by a Canadian Christmas-tree farmer told to his grandchildren, visiting from the U.S.
Lyrics
“TREES!” a Musical
TRIUMPHANT TREES
Trees! Triumphant trees
Trees! - resplendent trees
Exogenous trees, endogenous trees
Stupendous, tremendous trees
Trees! - magical trees
Trees! - fabulous trees
Swaying 'round while holding to the ground
Capturing breeze with ease
Complex beyond belief
The path from root to leaf
Standing tall, and stout
The world can't live without
Trees - wonderful trees
(spoken)
Alder, banyan, cottonwood, spruce
Cypress, poplar, sycamore, pine
Willow, redwood, butternut, fir
Linden, balsa, ebony, teak.
Sumac, cedar, hickory, oak.
Maple, locust, beech, cork, palm,
Acacia, magnolia, oleander and mahogany.
(sing)
From New England' American shores
To Canadian forests by scores
Golden autumn carpets
Of deciduous leaves.
(shout)
We're trees!
Repeat chorus
Having sung of the tree,
Green as nature can be,
We offer in joy this fabulous tale
'bout Jacques, Denise and love's prevail
Triumphant trees; magical trees
