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The Arboretum

from Wonderful Fairytale by Bill Jones

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a song written by Anne and me, with more than a nod to trad song The Trees They Do Grow High.

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1
We met when we were young in the arboretum’s light
We shared a love of botany, we talked all through the night
We talked all through the night, my love, and then as day began
We kissed beneath the trees around us growing
Growing, growing, and as the day began
We kissed beneath the trees around us growing

2
I posed my love a question, a challenge for a prize
He’d win my hand in marriage if the answer he surmised
If the answer he surmised, my love, I promise we will wed
Our love is like a tree so quickly growing
Growing, growing, and I promise we will wed
Our love is like a tree so quickly growing

3
This tree it does grow high and the needled leaves grow green
Deciduous and conical, its golden crown is seen
Its golden crown is seen, it hails from Europe and Japan
Now all throughout our land this tree is growing
Growing, growing, from Europe and Japan
Now all throughout our land this tree is growing

4
It’s said that from enchantments this tree protects us all
And evil spirits vanish when you burn the leaves in Fall
So burn the leaves in Fall, my love, and tell to me the name
Each moment passing by the riddle growing
Growing, growing, and tell to me the name
Each moment passing by the riddle growing

5
He threw his arms around me and danced me round and round
He shouted out the answer and so happy was the sound
He shouted out the answer, and he kissed me twice and ten
Our laughter and our joy was ever growing
Growing, growing, he kissed me twice and ten
Our laughter and our joy was ever growing

6
In spring we will be married, we’ll walk beneath the boughs
And underneath the flowering Larch we both will make our vows
We both will make our vows, my love, enjoy our wedding bed
And very soon our family will be growing
Growing, growing, we’ll enjoy our wedding bed
And very soon our family will be growing

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from Wonderful Fairytale, track released April 19, 2019
The Arboretum - by Bill Jones & Anne Hills (PRS/ASCAP)

Bill Jones - vocals, piano
Shanti Jayasinha - flügelhorn
Ian Stephenson - guitar, double bass
Stephen Henderson - percussion

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Bill Jones is an acclaimed UK folksinger, songwriter and musician (piano and accordion).

New album Wonderful Fairytale was released on 1st May 2019 after a 15 year break.

Bill's previous recordings, from 2000-2003 but still fresh and relevant today, are all available here. ... more

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