The Fir Tree and the Bramble — Nursery Rhyme Lyrics

A Fir Tree said boastingly to the Bramble: "You are useful for nothing at all, while I am everywhere used for roofs and houses." The Bramble made answer: "You poor creature, if you would only call to mind the axes and saws which are about to hew you down, you would have reason to wish that you had grown up a Bramble, not a Fir Tree."
Better poverty without care, than riches with.

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What are the words to The Fir Tree and the Bramble?
The lyrics to The Fir Tree and the Bramble are: A Fir Tree said boastingly to the Bramble: "You are useful for nothing at all, while I am everywhere used for roofs and houses." The Bramble made answer: "You poor creature, if you would only call to mind the axes and saws which are about to hew you down, you would have reason to wish that you had grown up a Bramble, not a Fir Tree." / Better poverty without care, than riches with.
How many lines does The Fir Tree and the Bramble have?
"The Fir Tree and the Bramble" has 2 lines of verse.

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