My Swing in the Tree

Lyrics

(Melody by Henry Mayer, Lyrics by Edith Robbins)

I have a friendly maple tree
That’s holding up my swing for me,
And every day I go and say,
“I thank you, I thank you, kind maple tree,
For holding my swing for me.”

See also

  • Subject: trees
  • Harmony: chords I, IV, V
  • Meter: 3
  • Rhythm: ties
  • Scale: major
  • Source: Introductory Music Music Education Series, by Thaddeus P. Giddings, Will Earhart, Ralph L. Baldwin, Elbridge W. Newton, Ginn and Company, 1923

  • PDF of song with chords
  • MIDI file
  • Listen to the melody

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