"Tall, Tall Trees" is the title of a song co-written by American singers George Jones

George Jones

George Glenn Jones is an American country music singer known for his long list of hit records, his distinctive voice and phrasing, and his marriage to Tammy Wynette....

 and Roger Miller

Roger Miller

Roger Dean Miller was an American singer, songwriter, musician and actor, best known for his honky tonk-influenced novelty songs...

. Both singers recorded their own versions: Jones on his 1958 album Long Live King George

Long Live King George

Long Live King George is an album by American country music artist George Jones. This album was released in 1958 on the Starday Records label. This was Jones' last album with Starday Records...

, and Miller on his 1970 cover album A Trip in the Country.

However, it was not until October 1995 that the song was released as a single, by Alan Jackson

Alan Jackson

Alan Eugene Jackson is an American country music singer, known for blending traditional honky tonk and mainstream country sounds and penning many of his own hits. He has recorded 13 studio albums, 3 Greatest Hits albums, 2 Holiday albums, 1 Gospel album and several compilations, all on the Arista...

, as one of the newly-recorded tracks for his 1995 compilation album The Greatest Hits Collection

The Greatest Hits Collection (Alan Jackson album)

The Greatest Hits Collection is the first greatest hits album by American country music artist Alan Jackson. Released on October 24, 1995, it includes the greatest hits from his first four studio albums, as well as an album cut from his 1989 debut Here in the Real World and two new tracks — "Tall,...

. Jackson's cover was his eleventh Number One hit on the Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

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country charts.

Content

The song is an up-tempo in which the narrator promises to his lover that he will give her anything she wants, whether it be a "big limousine", a "great big mansion", or "tall tall trees and all the waters and the seas".

In the liner notes for his Greatest hits album, Alan wrote,"This is an old Roger Miller song I stumbled across. It's a real fun song with a Cajun

Cajun

Cajuns are an ethnic group mainly living in the U.S. state of Louisiana, consisting of the descendants of Acadian exiles...

 feel. I've always been a big fan of Roger's and when it came time to record a couple of new songs for this greatest hits, I couldn't resist. After I recorded it, we found out that George Jones is a co-writer - I think George had even forgotten he'd written it. I'm proud to have the chance to record a song written by two of my favorites."

Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price, of Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

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magazine reviewed the song favorably, saying that Jackson's vocal "evokes the right combination of devotion and playfulness on this tune about a man who promises his love everything from a big mansion to tall, tall trees."

Chart positions

"Tall, Tall Trees" debuted at number 51 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of October 21, 1995.

Chart (1995)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks	1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	1