Billy B. - The Natural Science Song and Dance Man

Now, what is a tree?
Does anybody know
just what they are
and just how they grow?
What do they need ?
And what do they do?
And what are they used for?
And by whom?

Who, oh, oh, I tried to find out.
I went down to the forest
and took a look about.
I saw that trees are alive.
Oh, they’re born, and they live,
and they die.
Trees are big plants that bend
when the wind
gives them the chance.

Who, oh, oh, I tried to find out.
I went down to the library
and took a book out.
I read that trees grow in earth.
They need water and
sunshine from birth,
and the trunk
and branches are wood
that grow in the spring,
as trees should.

Who, oh, oh, I tried to find out.
I went down to the building site.
and heard the carpenter shout,
“I use trees
that have been cut down,
but l don’t build log cabins;
so they cant be round;
so the sawmill makes
their edges square;
so I can build houses
or schools anywhere.”

Who, oh, oh, I tried to find out.
I went to the forest
and heard the birdies sing out.
I use trees for my home,
from one to another I roam.
And in the trees I build my nest
Because that’s where
my babies are protected the best.