The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

CUMULATIVE VERSE

ON A HILL THERE WAS A TREE,
PRETTIEST TREE YOU EVER DID SEE
THE TREE WAS ON A HILL
AND GREEN GRASS GREW ALL AROUND, ALL AROUND

ON THE TREE THERE WERE SOME LIMBS,
PRETTIEST LIMBS YOU EVER DID SEE.
THE LIMBS WERE ON THE TREE,
THE TREE WAS ON THE HILL,
AND THE GREEN GRASS GREW ALL AROUND, ALL AROUND.

ON THE LIMBS THERE WERE SOME TWIGS,
PRETTIEST TWIGS YOU EVER DID SEE,
THE LIMBS WERE ON THE TREE,
THE TREE WAS ON THE HILL,
AND THE GREEN GRASS GREW ALL AROUND, ALL AROUND.

CONTINUE WITH:
ON THE TWIGS THERE WERE SOME LEAVES
PRETTIEST LEAVES YOU EVER DID SEE.

AMONG THE LEAVES THERE WAS A NEST,
THE PRETTIEST NEST YOU EVER DID SEE.

IN THE NEXT THERE WERE SOME EGGS,
THE PRETTIEST EGGS YOU EVER DID SEE.

Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA

Date learned: 11-13-1965