Lyr Req: The Lollipop Tree (from Burl Ives)

Subject: lYRICS TO uNDER THE lOLLPOP TREE
From:
Date: 11 Feb 97 - 04:54 AM

I am trying to get hold of the lyrics of an old Burl Ives song "Under the Lollipop Tree". It starts "One fine day in early spring I planned a funny trick Right in the yard behind our house I planted a lollpop stick. Can anyone help? David Dixon

Subject: RE: lYRICS TO uNDER THE lOLLPOP TREE
From: Kathy
Date: 11 Feb 97 - 11:59 AM

I remember this one from Columbia's Musical Treasury entitled "Greatest Hits for the Children You Love." I have this old collection from the early 70s on records(!!)but can't play them at this time due to a broken turntable needle. Maybe you can find a copy at the library...it's the first song on record 2, side 1 and is indeed by Burl Ives. Good luck!

Subject: RE: lYRICS TO uNDER THE lOLLPOP TREE
From: Susan of DT
Date: 12 Feb 97 - 08:05 AM

I remember one more verse rather than the whole thing:

2. Every day I watered it well and watched it carefully I hoped one day that it would be a great big lollipop tree

Subject: LYRICS REQUEST - The Lollipop Tree
From:
Date: 28 Jul 99 - 08:42 PM

Can anyone help me out with the lyrics to "The Lollipop Tree" by Burl Ives?

Thanks.

J. Ellis

Subject: RE: LYRICS REQUEST - The Lollipop Tree
From: katlaughing
Date: 28 Jul 99 - 10:17 PM

I searched around the 'Net and couldn't find anywhere with his lyrics. Did find the Limelighters album, Through Children's Eyes, at cdworld.com, which lists the song, but no audio was available.

Sorry I couldn't be of more help. Just wait, someone on here will know it.

katlaughing

Subject: RE: LYRICS REQUEST - The Lollipop Tree
From: katlaughing
Date: 28 Jul 99 - 10:18 PM

Forgot to say it's not in my 1963 edition of Burl Ives Song Book.

Subject: RE: LYRICS REQUEST - The Lollipop Tree
From:
Date: 28 Jul 99 - 11:44 PM

Did you ever hear of t lollipop tree? tis a legend of great renown. it sits on the shores on the ???? in the garden of shuteye town

something like that? it's a nursery rhyme thing. it's in my best loved poems of childhood book, which is at home, where I am not this week! if that's it i can email it to you later.

Subject: Lyr Add: THE SUGAR-PLUM TREE (Eugene Field)
From: katlaughing
Date: 29 Jul 99 - 12:09 AM

I know that poem. I didn't know if the song was the same or not. It's the sugar plum tree. I can still ehar my mom reading it. It was one of my favourites, too. Here it is, from a Childcraft book:

Have you ever heard of the Sugar-Plum Tree?
'Tis a marvel of great renown!
It blooms on the shore of the Lollipop Sea
In the garden of Shut-Eye Town;
The fruit that it bears is so wondrously sweet
(As those who have tasted it say)
That good little children have only to eat
Of that fruit to be happy next day.

When you've got to the tree, you would have a hard time
To capture the fruit which I sing;
The tree is so tall that no person could climb
To the boughs where the sugar-plums swing!
But up in that tree sits a chocolate cat,
And a gingerbread dog prowls below --
And this is the way you contrive to get at
Those sugar-plums tempting you so:

You say but the word to that gingerbread dog
And he barks with such terrible zest
That the chocolate cat is at once all agog,
As her swelling proportions attest.
And the chocolate cat goes cavorting around
From this leafy limb unto that,
And the sugar-plums tumble, of course, to the ground
Hurrah for that chocolate cat!

There are marshmallows, gumdrops, and peppermint canes,
With stripings of scarlet or gold,
And you carry away of the treasure that rains
As much as your apron can hold!
So come, little child, cuddle closer to me
In your dainty white nightcap and gown,
And I'll rock you away to that Sugar-Plum Tree
In the garden of Shut-Eye Town.
- Eugene Field -

Also emailed.

katlaughing

Subject: RE: LYRICS REQUEST - The Lollipop Tree
From: Margo
Date: 29 Jul 99 - 11:00 AM

I had added these lyrics to another post not long ago. I replied by email to these folks.

Margarita

Subject: Lyr Add: THE LOLLIPOP TREE (Burl Ives)
From: Margo
Date: 29 Jul 99 - 11:03 AM

THE LOLLIPOP TREE
As sung by Burl Ives

One fine day in early spring I played a funny trick:
Right in the yard behind our house I planted a lollipop stick.
Then every day I watered it well and watched it carefully.
I hoped one day that stick would grow to be a lollipop tree.

chorus: Ha Ha Ha, Ho Ho Ho, what a sight to see!
me and my lollipop, lollipop, lollipop, lolli-lolli-lollipop tree.

Then one day I woke to find a very lovely sight-
A tree all full of lollipops had grown in the dark of the night!
I sat beneath that wonderful tree and looked up with a grin,
And when I opened up my mouth a pop would drop right in!

Chorus: Ha Ha Ha, Ho Ho Ho, what a place to be!
Under a lollipop, lollipop, lollipop, lolli-lolli-lollipop tree.

Winter came and days grew cold, as winter days will do.
On my tree, my lovely tree, not one little lollipop grew.
From every branch an icicle hung; the twigs were bare as bones,
But when I broke the icicles off they turned to ice cream cones!

Chorus: Ha Ha Ha, Ho Ho Ho, how I danced with glee!
Under the lollipop, lollipop, lollipop, lolli-lolli-lollipop tree.

There is a CD out of Burl Ives called the Little White Duck and other favorites. I have the original album from which they took the songs, but unfortunately a couple of songs are omitted, one being the lollipop tree.

Margarita

Subject: RE: LYR. ADD: The Lollipop Tree
From: Margo
Date: 29 Jul 99 - 11:04 AM

Hmmm. I cut and pasted this from another thread where I had used the proper line breaks. I see that they don't carry over in a cut and paste. Or did I do something wrong?

Subject: RE: LYR. ADD: The Lollipop Tree
From: Wolfgang
Date: 29 Jul 99 - 11:19 AM

Margarita,

the line breaks just do not carry over in a cut and paste. The fastest way is to put them into a word processing programm as MS-Word and give the whole text the 'replace' treatment replacing all 'carriage return's by <br>

Wolfgang

Subject: Lyr Add: THE LOLLIPOP TREE
From: MMario
Date: 29 Jul 99 - 11:22 AM

You did nothing wrong. (To see how to get a line break - look up HTML in the forum...) You just don't know all the little quirks of the 'Cat yet. *grin*

THE LOLLIPOP TREE
(Joe Darion and George Kleinsinger)

One fine day in early spring, I played a funny trick:
Right in the yard behind our house, I planted a lollipop stick.
And every day I watered it well and watched it carefully,
I hoped that stick would someday grow to be a lollipop tree.

Chorus: ha, ha, ha, ho, ho, ho, what a sight to see!
Me and my lollipop, lollipop, lollipop, lolly, lolly, lollipop tree.

Then one day I woke to find a very lovely sight-
A tree all full of lollipops had grown in the dark of the night!
I sat beneath that wonderful tree and looked up with a grin,
And when I opened up my mouth, a pop would drop right in! Chorus

Winter came and days grew cold, as winter days will do.
On my tree, my lovely tree, not one little lollipop grew.
From every branch an icicle hung, the twigs were bare as bones,
But when I broke the icicles off, they turned to ice cream cones! Chorus

MMario

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Subject: RE: LYRICS REQUEST - The Lollipop Tree
From: Cara
Date: 29 Jul 99 - 08:30 PM

That's te one I was thinking of Kat. I'm anon this week. I get it confused with my other old fave "Wynken, Blynken, and Nod" aand I just thought of another idea: could it be that Lollipop song that Shirley Temple sang? the good ship lollipop?

Subject: RE: LYRICS REQUEST - The Lollipop Tree
From: katlaughing
Date: 30 Jul 99 - 04:42 AM

I don't think that's the one, Cara, for the lollipop. I love the tune that goes with Wynken etc.!

Sounds like you had a nice lunch with Catspaw & Sons.

Subject: Lyr Add: THE LOLLIPOP TREE (from The Limeliters)
From: glsummer
Date: 31 Jul 99 - 12:05 AM

Well, this is what I have from my very ancient lyrics sheet to the Limeliters LP mentioned above.

One fine day in early spring I played a funny trick
Right in the yard beind our house I planted a lollipop stick
Then every day I watered it well and watched it carefully
I hoped one day that stick would grow to be a lollipop tree

Chorus:
Ah ha ha -- Oh ho ho -- what a place to be
Under my lollipop lollipop lollipop
Lolli-lolli-lollipop tree
Under my lollipop lollipop lollipop
Lolli-lolli-lollipop tree.

Then one day I woke to find a very lovely sight
A tree all full of lollipops had grown in the dead of night
Well I sat beneath that wonderful tree and looked up with a grin
And when I opened up my mouth a lollipop dropped right in.

(Sing Chorus)

Winter came and days grew cold, as winter days will do
And on my tree, my lovely tree, not one little lollipop grew (cry)
From every branch an icicle hung, the limbs were bare as bones
But when I broke those icicles off, they turned to ice cream cones.

(Sing Chorus Twice)

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