[Verse:] Here and there a loving pair will go and share A Morris chair to spoon Jack and Jill preferred a hill and there's a thrill Beneath the silv'ry moon But there's only one place For a lover's embrace [Refrain:] In the shade of a sheltering tree That's the place for a couple to be You will find that they always agree In the shade of a sheltering tree All the tales Adam whispered to Eve Mother Eve simply had to believe What was hers was his The reason is they happen to be In the shade of a sheltering tree