O Tannenbaum the faithless maiden of the folk song. This was changed to ' (green) at some point in the 20th century, after the song had come to be associated with Christmas. The tune is an old folk tune attested in the 16th century. It is also known as the tune of "" and of "". Below is the tune with the original German lyrics of the first verse: <score vorbis="1"> » </score> The tune has also been used (as a contrafactum) to carry other texts on many occasions. Some notable uses include: O Tannenbaum "" (; "O fir tree", English: "O
Judith Tannenbaum Judith Tannenbaum Judith Tannenbaum (born February 13, 1947) is an American teaching artist and writer. Born in Chicago and raised in Los Angeles, she has worked in the field of community-based arts, sharing poetry in a wide variety of settings from primary school classrooms to maximum security prisons. She has received grants from the California Arts Council and has written for journals including "PMLA" and "Teaching Artist Journal". Among Tannenbaum’s books are the memoir, "Disguised as a Poem: My Years Teaching Poetry at San Quentin" (Northeastern University Press, 2000) -- a finalist in PEN American Center USA West’s Literary Award