Dorsey Burnette (there Was A) Tall Oak Tree Lyrics

(there Was A) Tall Oak Tree Lyrics

(There Was a) Tall Oak Tree

 Dorsey Burnette

 

 There was a tall oak tree

 That loved a babblin?brook,

 And the babblin?brook

 loved the mountain high,

 Anf the mountain high

 Loved the sky above.

 The Creator looked down

 And saw everything was love, love, love.

 

 No, he took a bone

 And a piece of mud --

 He made a man and a woman

 To be flesh and blood.

 And then along came the devil

 Up out of the ground --

 He tempted the woman,

 And that spread sin all round, all round, all round.

 

 Now, if shed left that apple

 On that apple tree,

 Thered be no tears or sorrow,

 Wed live eternally.

 

 And then along came Man

 And chopped the oak tree down

 And now the babblin?brook

 Is solid ground.

 And now the mountain high

 Dont stand so high,

 And theres a cloud of smoke

 That covers up the clear blue sky.

 

 There was a tall oak tree,

 There was a tall oak tree,

 There was a tall oak tree. From: "Roy T. O'Conner"