TREE POLKA! 

BY EARTH MAMA 

I wrote this after working with middle school kids who could only name 4 types of trees! There are over 60 tree species listed in this song, including the whole second verse filled with pine trees. Can you smell the forest pines?

Earth Literacy, the art and science of knowing this planet we call Home, the knowing and naming by species and biome, by taste and smell, by season and climate add to the richness of our lives. Earth Literacy is also the key to a sustainable future on our Amazing Earth!

   Learn to dance the polka for great exercise and co-ordination.

Tree Polka by Joyce Johnson Rouse

Oak, elm and poplar

Alder, magnolia and ash

Redbud and linden

Persimmon, apple, sumac

Walnut and hickory

Sweet gum and sycamore, yew

Maple, cherry, pear and myrtle

Cottonwood and spruce

(A verse of pines)

Digger and Jeffrey

Torrey and bristle cone

Lodgepole and bishop

Limber, Apache, knobcone

Sugar, Chihuahua

Whitebark and Monterey

Austrian, Scotch and Coulter

Western, white, Foxtail

Ginkgo and hemlock

Locust and chestnut and birch

Buckeye and laurel

Olive and aspen and fir

Basswood and dogwood

Butternut, cedar and beech

Tulip, chinkopin, mimosa

Willow, palm and peach

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This Tree Polka blog written by Joyce Rouse was first published in the Children's Music Network blog in December, 2014. Reposted here with their permission.