Old pepper tree, old pepper tree,
The wind keeps you company,
The birds nestle in your leaves.
While the sun shines along.

Old pepper tree, old pepper tree,
Your roots grow down in the ground,
Your old bark is rough and brown,
And your branches hang low.

I love you, pepper tree,
Let me climb up to your very top.

Pepper tree, old pepper tree,
You red pepper berry tree,
I'll sit on your leafy knee,
And sing you my song.