Wisconsin Forestry Song
Contents
- Lyrics of song
- Credits for song
- Songsheet (PDF opens in new window)
- Bio of songwriter
- Video clip of motions to the chorus of the song
Lyrics of song
“The Forest Is a Place Where We All Live” by Stuart StottsIn Celebration of 100 years of Wisconsin Forestry Lyrics:Look down from an airplane, I’ll tell you what you’ll see.From Madison to Menasha, Marinette to MenomonieThe great state of Wisconsin filled with trees.The forest is a place for you and meFrom the little bitty willow to the bur oak tree.From the city to the country it will grow and giveThe forest is the place where we all live.It gives us boards and paper, it gives us shade and heat.Makes oxygen for us to breathe and makes maple syrup sweet.A place to climb and dream and swing our feet.Home for hawks and badgers, home for deer and owls.Hear woodpeckers tapping, and the black bear when it growls.Listen as the distant wolf pack howls.100 years before us, the pines had fallen fast.Stumps decaying, wildfires raging through the piles of slashWe have learned some lessons from the past.We’ll plant trees where we need them and manage them with care.Let the woods reseed itself, as it does everywhere.A greener world for everyone to share.© Stuart Stotts 2004 |
Credits:
The Forest is the Place © Stuart Stotts 2004Stuart Stotts – guitar, banjo, vocalsCinnamon Rudd-Haack – lead vocalsCerisa Obern – backing vocalsCalli Obern – backing vocalsEd Feeny – bassMichael Walls – drums, congas and percussionBryan Husk – saxophoneLou Berryman – accordionBiff Blumfumgagnge – violinRecorded at Randy’s Recording, Cottage Grove, WisconsinMixed by Stuart Stotts, Randy Green and Barbara ChusidProduced by Stuart StottsAssistant Producer – Barbara Chusid
Songwriter’s Bio
 Stuart Stotts has performed for children and adults throughout the Midwest (and often farther) since 1981. He gives over 250 concerts every year. He is the author of The Bookcase Ghost: A Storyteller’s Collection of Wisconsin Ghost Stories, and he has released several recordings. Stuart owns a piece of the 16 million acre forest resource in Wisconsin and wrote the song “The Forest is the Place Where We All Live” to commemorate the 2004 Year of Wisconsin Forestry and the Centennial of the state forestry program. He can be reached through his website at www.stuartstotts.com |
Motions for the chorus of “The Forest is the Place Where We All Live”
In the video clip below, songwriter Stuart Stotts showsthe hand motions he has put to the chorus of his song,”The Forest is the Place Where We All Live.”Note: Although some of the motions are loosely basedon sign language words, this is NOT meant as a signlanguage interpretation of the chorus – but rather somemotions to further engage people with the song.Our hope is that you’ll be able to access at least oneof the four versions of the video clip and you’ll enjoyadding motion to the song!If you have difficulty accessing the motions with your computer andbrowser, you might want to try increasing the allotted memory spacefor your browser to facilitate the graphics loading completely.