The Counsel Oak

For hundreds of years this tree has stood

And now I stand

under this wise old tree

The Seminole Chiefs ruled as they could

under this wise old tree

If its branches could talk, the stories we’d hear

Of days long past

under this wise old tree

A proud Seminole nation, its laws passed here

under this wise old tree

From weddings to wars all was decided

under this wise old tree

Never disputed the elders presided

under this wise old tree

Now times have changed the nation is stronger

under this wise old tree

The shade of its branches are needed no longer

 under this wise old tree

Hotels and casinos harbor a crowd

because of this wise old tree

A nation has prospered, its people proud

because of this wise old tree

                                 by: Amera Eileithyia