Lyric Tall Oak Tree

(Dorsey Burnette)

There was a tall oak tree that loved a bubblin brook
And the bubblin brook loved a mountain high
And the mountain high loved the sky above
The creator looked down and saw everything was loved, loved, loved.

Then he took a bone and a piece of mud
He made a man and a woman to be flesh and blood
Then along came a devil up from the ground
He tempted woman and that s spred sin all around, all around, all around.

If she d ve left that apple on the apple tree
There d be no tears and sorrow we d live eternaly
And then along came man to burn the oak tree down
And now the bubblin brook is solid ground.

And the mountain high don t stand so high
And there s a cloud of smoke that covers up a clear blue sky
There was a tall oak tree, there was a tall oak tree
There was a tall oak tree...