text: little tree
  little silent Christmas tree
  you are so little
  you are more like a flower
  
  who found you in the green forest
  and were you very sorry to come away?
  see          i will comfort you
  because you smell so sweetly
  
  i will kiss your cool bark
  and hug you safe and tight
  just as your mother would,
  only don't be afraid
  
  look          the spangles
  that sleep all the year in a dark box
  dreaming of being taken out and allowed to shine,
  the balls the chains red and gold the fluffy threads,
  
  put up your little arms
  and i'll give them all to you to hold
  every finger shall have its ring
  and there won't be a single place dark or unhappy
  
  then when you're quite dressed
  you'll stand in the window for everyone to see
  and how they'll stare!
  oh but you'll be very proud
  
  and my little sister and i will take hands
  and looking up at our beautiful tree
  we'll dance and sing
  "Noel Noel"