Curly, gray, fuzzy beards
That’s what all the big trees have
The small trees have some too
Their beards feel rough
And they sometimes fall off
It doesn’t really hurt the trees at all
I’ve heard that some call it Spanish Moss
But it isn’t moss or Spanish at all!
Some say that the name
comes from the explorers of long ago
The French came up with it as a joke
To laugh at the Spanish soldiers long curly beards
The Spanish didn’t think it was funny, that name is weird!
