Summer 2014 Planting Memories Video

Every summer, I take a video camera with me out tree planting. I don't have a lot of time for filming, but I do generally get to use it occasionally and get three or four hours of footage. And then, after the season is over, I boil that down into three or four minutes of some of the best clips, and turn that into a "Summer Memories" video for Replant.ca, my planting website. I got distracted with other projects for a while this winter, but I recently finished the 2014 video.


Here's a link to the video:

I want to thank Jasmin Frederickson (of Chicken-Like Birds) for providing vocals for the backing track that I wrote, "Time To Plant Some Trees."  If you want to download this song, you can get it from SoundCloud as a free download:


You can find out more about Jasmin at these two sites:
         www.ChickenLikeBirds.com
         WeAreWaterMusic.bandcamp.com



Here are the full lyrics to the music.  I wrote it in C, but this version is performed in E.

“Time To Plant Some Trees” – by Jonathan Clark

Tempo 106bpm, C major, 4/4 time

Chords as follows (I’m writing a chord change every HALF bar here)

  Intro:  C  C  C  C

  Verse:  C  G  Am  Am  F  F  C  G  x 2

               Am  Am  Em  Em  F  F  C  G  x 2

  Chorus:  F  G  C  C

  Bridge:  G  G  F  F  C  C  C  C 

                 G  G  F  F  Am  Am  G  G 

  (single line of chorus repeats four times at end)

Verse 1:

Weary eyed, fumblin’ out of bed

there’s a Chill in my tent, this morning

Check the sky, with a sense of dread

feel relief, I don’t see clouds or storming

Stumble to the mess tent, and make a hasty lunch

the Block treats look quite tasty, I wanna grab a bunch

Steph is laughing in the kitchen, Haley’s making bread

this Heaping plate of food will get me through the day ahead

It’s, almost, time to plant some trees

Verse 2:

No camp meeting, so I go to the truck

“Boots bag shovel water lunch” is my rhyme

the Drive to the block, is, good we don’t get stuck

we Stop and park, the foreman says, it’s tailgate meeting time

the Block today is pretty big, we’ve got to get ‘er done

let’s Work real hard ‘cause staying late, it wouldn’t be much fun

if Everybody plants 2k, that should be enough

Watch for J-roots, close your holes, and don’t plant trees in duff

Bag, up, it’s time to plant some trees

Bridge:

Every day I dream about

the Things I’d rather do

but Working in the city has its

Disadvantages too

Verse 3:

This was day three, tomorrow is day four

Last, day, of the shift, then we’ll have time to rest

Dinner’s over, I am tired and sore

it’s Eight o’clock and I need sleep, I start to get undressed

Planting trees is pretty tough,

the Days are long, the blocks are rough

Swear that this year is my last, but

I know that,  I will be back

Let’s, go, it’s time to plant some trees

Give, me, a creamy section please

Flat, land, easy on the knees

It, is, time to plant some trees

Words and music Copyright 2014, Jonathan Clark.

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