Nut Story
In the fall , Trees like me
make the squirrels run and hop
because the nuts on my branches begin to drop
I’m dropping acorns all over the ground
they’ll sit there and rot unless they’re found
by busy squirrels who will bury them away
and if their memory fails
they’ll be a tree there one day
Because winter freezes
the ground around the nut
the nut cracks the spring thaws
the ground around the seed
the seed sprouts and grows in
the ground around the roots
now a young tree grows in
the ground around the squirrel
Chorus
The red oak acorn contains a lot of fat
The squirrel says, “it taste bad,
so I’ll just bury that”
in winter the squirrel knows
the fat will keep him warm
so the squirrel digs and eats
up the bitter fat acorn
Chorus
All kinds of nut trees grow all around the world
from nuts planted by many kinds of squirrels
squirrels store and bury nuts all about
and when they forget new trees sprout