Joanne Shenandoah - The Evergreen Tree lyrics

When the Creator made the earth All kinds of trees were planted The maple, birch, oak, hickory, apple, pear And nut trees and so on The Creator had to tend to other worlds So He asked the trees to watch over the earth All trees promised they would watch over the land The trees waited and waited For the Creator's return They waited many days And they waited many nights The trees began to get tired And they started to fall asleep They forgot the promise They had given the Creator Only the evergreens remained awake Keeping watch over the earth When the Creator returned Only the evergreen trees were still awake As a reminder to everyone to keep their word During every fall and winter All the trees lose their leaves Except the evergreen trees