Redwood Trees

Bob Nolan
Original copyright: Undetermined

Here in the hush of the redwood trees,
Here, where the ages pass,
Here, in the warm of the redwood trees,
Here, where there’s peace at last.
See how they raise their lofty heads
And see how they’ve learned to pray.
God must have stood where I’m standing now
And talked with the redwood tree
Like He talks with me.

"Redwood Trees", one of Bob Nolan's later songs, was recorded by the Sons of the Pioneers for a 1956 Smokey the Bear radio transcription.

“Bob’s interaction with Mother Nature... I’ll tell you, that man was as close in tune to nature as any individual I have ever come across in my whole life. He wrote a lot of songs for the Pioneers to perform in the ‘50s and ‘60s after he’d retired. In the 50s the Pioneers were doing a series for the National Forest Service – the Smokey the Bear series. Lloyd went to Bob and said, ‘I need a song about the redwood trees’ and this is what Bob came up with.”
—Dick Goodman, November 15 1994

The Pioneers also featured it on their other radio programs and transcriptions such as the AFRS (Armed Forces Radio Service) programs designed for the fighting boys away from home. Many of these programs are still available on Old Time Radio sites.

There is no sheet music, no commercial recording and no rough lyric sheets, just the radio transcription. A 4CD set of the Sons of the Pioneers' Smokey the Bear transcriptions was issued as ASOP050701, Copyright 2005 Audiophonic.

We do not have any sheet music for this song.

SONS OF THE PIONEERS TRANSCRIPTION RECORDINGS

Smokey the Bear radio shows, episode No. 3 (1956) and episode No. 5 (1958)