50 Best Country Songs About Trees
Best Country Tree Songs to Listen To
There’s a certain pull when songs turn to trees. It’s not the neat metaphor stuff you hear in pop, rock, country, and R&B songs all the time. These ones lean into roots, branches, shade, and sometimes the silence in between. Some tracks literally describe oaks or pines, while others wander near the edge of the theme and still hold the same weight. It feels grounded, like you can smell bark or hear wind slip through the leaves even when the lyrics are chasing something else.
The mood they carry is rarely one-note. Some paint trees as shelter, steady and patient. Others use them as the quiet witness to heartbreak or long drives that blur together. You’ll find lines where trees become backdrops to growing up too fast, or the kind of place you circle back to when everything spins out. A handful of songs fit the vibe without naming a single tree, but they stay tangled in the same feeling.
These tracks aren’t here to sound polished or clever. They keep the flaws and the grit, leaning into images that feel like they’ve been carved into a fencepost. Sometimes they drift wide, sometimes they hold still, but each one taps into that restless tug of roots and branches. Here are the best country songs that carry the spirit of trees.
Top 10 Tree Country Songs
1. 'The Tree' by Maren Morris
2. 'Tall Trees in Georgia' by Buffy Sainte-Marie
3. 'Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree' by Tony Orlando & Dawn
4. 'Piney Wood Hills' by Loretta Lynn
5. 'Whispering Pines' by Johnny Horton
6. 'The Giving Tree' by Bobby Bare
7. 'Old Pine' by Ben Howard
8. 'Beneath Oak Trees' by Dylan Gossett
9. 'King of Trees' by Yusuf / Cat Stevens
10. 'Loblolly Pine' by Toon Philharmonic
Country Music about Tall Trees and Forests #11 to 20
11. 'Trees to Stone' by Fremont
12. 'Forest Pine' by Paige Cora
13. 'The Names of Trees' by Carolyn Hester
14. 'Lone Pine Hill' by Steve Earle
15. 'The Oak Tree' by Mirel Wagner
16. 'The Piney Wood Hills' by Buffy Sainte-Marie
17. 'The Tree' by Audrey Auld
18. 'Redwood Tree' by Van Morrison
19. 'Bristlecone Pine' by Charlie Sizemore
20. 'Old Pine Tree' by Wayne Murray
Famous Country Songs about Trees #21 to 30
21. 'Under the Willow' by The Everly Brothers
22. 'Tree' by Sons of the Pioneers
23. 'Pine Tree' by Neighbor
24. 'Through the Pines' by Trout Steak Revival
25. 'Western White Pines' by Colby Acuff
26. 'Cathedral in the Pines' by WayStation
27. 'If a Tree Falls' by Bruce Cockburn
28. 'A Cry in the Forest' by Dan Fogleberg
29. 'Stand Like an Oak' by Rising Appalachia
30. 'The Cedar Tree' by James Porter
Country Songs with a Tree Theme #31 to 40
31. 'The Appleblossom Rag' by Josh Ritter
32. 'The Wood Thrush's Song' by Laurie Lewis
33. 'Wild Montana Skies' by John Denver
34. 'The Last of the Honey Bees' by Sam Burchfield
35. 'Over the Pines' by Ben Sollee
36. 'The Trees Are Testifying' by Peter Himmelman
37. 'Tall Trees' by Yearbook Committee
38. 'The Chestnut' by Magpie
39. 'Where Are We Gonna Work When the Trees Are Gone?' by Jello Biafra & Mojo Nixon
40. 'Trees' by Robert Hoyt
Top Country Songs about the Woods #41 to 50
41. 'Go to the Woods' by Dar Williams
42. 'The Trees' by Rush
43. 'The Piney Wood Hills' by Loretta Lynn
44. 'Old Man and the Tree' by The Steel Wheels
45. 'A Little Tree' by Bobby Osborne
46. 'Whisperin' Pine' by The Stanley Brothers
47. 'The Redwood Tree' by The Grateful Dead
48. 'Maple Tree' by John Prine
49. 'Magnolia Mother's Love' by Billy Joe Shaver
50. 'Gum Tree Canoe' by John Hartford
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