In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree
1905 song written by Harry Williams and Egbert Van Alstyne / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree is a popular song dating from 1905. It was written by Harry Williams and Egbert Van Alstyne (music). Popular recordings in 1905 were by Henry Burr; Albert Campbell; Haydn Quartet; and by Arthur Pryor's Band.[1] Other recordings were by Duke Ellington (Brunswick 6646, recorded August 15, 1933),[2] Louis Armstrong and The Mills Brothers (Decca 1495, recorded June 29, 1937)[3] and Alma Cogan (1962).[4] Bing Crosby included the song in a medley on his album On the Sentimental Side (1962).
The meter of its chorus is in the form of a Limerick.
It can safely be characterized as a highly sentimental tune. Although the verses (seldom heard nowadays) provide further explanation, it is clear that the writer is singing about a lost love:
- In the shade of the old apple tree,
- Where the love in your eyes I could see,
- Where the voice that I heard,
- Like the song of a bird,
- Seemed to whisper sweet music to me,
- I could hear the dull buzz of the bee
- In the blossoms as you said to me,
- "With a heart that is true,
- "I'll be waiting for you,
- In the shade of the old apple tree."