There was a tree All in the woods The prettiest tree That you ever did see And the tree in the ground And the green grass grows all around, all around The green grass grows all around. And on that tree There was a branch The prettiest branch That you ever did see And the branch on the tree And the tree in the ground And the green grass grows all around, all around The green grass grows all around. And on that branch There was a nest The prettiest nest That you ever did see And the nest on