CINNAMON TREE
Whispers beneath the Cinnamon Tree: A Tale of Love, Loss, and Unwavering Spirit
Lyrics
You've got to seavey up a stang beneath that cinnamon tree
You need to investigate beneath a cinnamon tree.
Give me half a breeze just across the sun
Provide me with a gentle breeze just under the sun.
Gotta fetch me up a telescope
I must find a telescope.
Fifteen yards of sturdy rope
Fifteen yards of sturdy rope are required.
And I'll tell you where that puppy dog has went
I will reveal the whereabouts of a missing dog.
Now Betsy's head to railroad
Betsy's heading towards a railroad.
And she's hopping cars
She's hopping on cars.
Betsy's board a great ship
Betsy is boarding a great ship.
And she lowers I see
She lowers, and I see.
She'll come riding back again
She will return once she smells cinnamon.
Soon as she smells that cinnamon
I'll bury her bones beneath the tree.
And I bury her sweet bones beneath that tree
Expressing love and farewell to a pet dog.
She was my three legged dog
The dog had three legs.
She was a three legged dog
Reiteration of the dog's three-legged status.
She was a three legged dog
Emphasizing again that the dog had three legs.
And I bury her bones
Burying the dog's bones beneath the cinnamon tree.
Out beneath that old cinnamon tree
Continuation of burying the dog's bones.
I bury her bones
Further description of burying the dog's bones.
Out beneath that old cinnamon tree
Completing the burial process beneath the cinnamon tree.
Her mama seems to think she's gone for some kind of good
Others believe the dog is gone for good.
Papa says she's six feet underground
Father believes the dog is six feet underground.
And I know she's alright
The speaker is confident the dog is okay.
When I hear her howling in the moonlight
Hearing the dog howl in the moonlight reassures the speaker.
And it's a wild, lovely sound
Describing the howl as wild and lovely.
It's not the body of the beast that holds her spirit
The spirit of the dog transcends its physical form.
It's her spirit in itself which I adore
The speaker admires the dog's spirit itself.
And it's her love
Love for the dog is associated with her love.
And it's her name
The dog's name is significant in the speaker's love.
Not the confines of her frame
Love is not confined to the dog's physical frame.
That makes me love her
The speaker loves the dog beyond physical constraints.
Love her so much more
Expressing deep love for the three-legged dog.
She was my three legged dog
Reiteration of the dog's three-legged status.
She was a three legged dog
Restating that the dog had three legs.
She was a three legged dog
Emphasizing again that the dog had three legs.
And I bury her bones
Burying the dog's bones beneath the cinnamon tree.
Out beneath that old cinnamon tree
Continuation of burying the dog's bones.
I bury her bones
Further description of burying the dog's bones.
Out beneath that old cinnamon tree
Completing the burial process beneath the cinnamon tree.
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