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Apr26

Feed the Tree – Song Lyric Sunday – For Earth & Trees

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Feed the Tree – Song Lyric Sunday – For Earth & Trees

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For SLS today we have songs for Earth Day and Arbor Day. Thanks, Jim!

To join in this fun weekly challenge, and to see other entries, just click the link below.

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April 26, 2026 – Song that represents Earth Day (April 22), or Arbor Day (April 24)

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Here is a song about feeding the trees, which is a good thing to do. Not exactly what this song is about, but sort of. The songwriter says it’s a metaphor for carrying on traditions in family, and of a tree where relatives are buried under, and to pay respects.

I thought sure I’d posted this song not long ago for a challenge or something, but couldn’t find it. Spent way too long looking for it!

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“Feed the Tree”, by Belly, is found on their 1993 album, “Star”. It was written by Tanya Donelly, and is on the Sire and Reprise labels. Find out more information here

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This old man I’ve talked aboutBroke his own heart,Poured it in the ground Big red tree grew up and out,Throws up its leaves,Spins round and round.
I know all this and moreSo take your hat offWhen you’re talking to meAnd be there when I feed the tree
This little squirrel I used to beSlammed her bike down the stairsThey put silver where her teeth had beenBaby silvertooth, she grins and grins
I know all this and moreSo take your hat off boyWhen you’re talking to meAnd be there when I feed the tree
Take your hat off boyWhen you’re talking to meAnd be there when I feed the tree
This old man I used to beSpins around, around, around the treeSilver baby come to meI’ll only hurt you in my dreams
I know all this andI know all this andI know all this and more
So take your hat off boyWhen you’re talking to meAnd be there when I feed the tree
Take your hat offWhen you’re talking to meAnd be there when I feed the tree
Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Tanya Donelly
Feed the Tree lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group

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© 2026 BS

Nov18

Neighbor Houses # 6

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Neighbor Houses # 6

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These are my thoughts and memories of the houses in our neighborhood when I was a kid.

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Kennedy’s House

This is the house that was right next door to ours to the west. A small white framed house. It had a large front yard, and a fairly big back yard. In the front yard the older lady (portly, long white hair kept in a braid) would grow some vegetables. The back yard had a pen for raising chickens.

This lady would come over to our house a lot, and would babysit me and my sister from time to time. She had her grandchildren come visit her, and they would come to play in our front yard. We liked digging in the dirt, making roads for our little toy cars, trucks, and horses to go around.

One time I’d been to her house and was carrying a big glass bowl she’d borrowed from my mom, back to our house and I tripped on her porch. It was just a slatted wooden pallet kind of deal. Anyway, the bowl hit my mouth and broke my bottom tooth in half. So I had to go to the dentist where I got a cap put on the tooth. It was silver, and I had that silver tooth for many years, even after I got married and had my own kids. Finally I had the tooth pulled.

Another memory is that she gave us Christmas presents, and this one year was a big set of those Little Golden Books. I loved those books! 🙂

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