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Subject: SONG: Apple on a Tree From: Matthew B. Date: 14 Nov 99 - 10:10 AM Does anybody besides my crusty old self remember a song that went: I wish I was an apple on a tree Chorus: |
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Subject: RE: Apple on a Tree From: Stewie Date: 14 Nov 99 - 06:12 PM The late Big Mama Thornton knew it. She adapted it for the first verse of her 'Swing it on home':
I wished I was an apple, hanging from a tree |
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Subject: RE: Apple on a Tree From: Date: 14 Nov 99 - 06:48 PM Sounds like Mole in the Ground - but then that song could have borrowed some lines out of your song One verse goes |
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Subject: RE: Apple on a Tree From: Angel 1 Date: 15 Nov 99 - 01:54 AM Hi Matthew: There is a great old actor named Gary Cooper who starred in the movie, "Along Came Jones". You'll find it in the classics section in video stores, it's charming. Anyway, Mr. Cooper sings that song in the movie. Blessings Angel 1 |
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Subject: RE: Apple on a Tree From: Gary T Date: 15 Nov 99 - 10:20 PM Great OLD actor? First time I've heard it put that way! I'm suspecting you're on the "not yet" side of 40. Gary Cooper sticks out in my mind for his fine performance in "High Noon", one of THE classic Westerns, and his SUPERB performance in the SUPERB film "Sergeant York", ostensibly a war movie but so much more. I don't believe I've seen "Along Came Jones", but I've no doubt it's charming. Thanks for the "nostalgia jog". |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Apple on a Tree From: GUEST Date: 20 Jan 12 - 03:17 AM My Dad used to sing this song to us children but it included a squirrel, bee and a fox. |
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Subject: ADDPOP: I Wish I Wuz (Hi Ho Fiddle Dee Dee) From: GUEST Date: 20 Jan 12 - 02:12 PM From http://lyricsplayground.com/alpha/songs/i/iwishiwuz.shtml ############################################ I WISH I WUZ (HI, HO, FIDDLE DEE DEE) (Lyn Murray / Sid Kuller) Rosemary Clooney - 1951 Teresa Brewer - 1951 Bob Hope, Bing Crosby & Monica Lewis - 1951 Hi-ho, fiddle-dee-dee Tell ya what I'd like to be Hi-ho, fiddle-dee-dee Here is what I dream I'd like to be I wish I was a swingin', clingin' vine I wish I was a swingin', clingin' vine If I was a swingin', clingin' vine I'd only cling to the boy of mine I wish I was a swingin', clingin' vine Hi-ho, fiddle-dee-dee Tell ya what I'd like to be Hi-ho, fiddle-dee-dee Here is what I dream I'd like to be (Instrumental Break) I wish I was a glass of sherry wine I wish I was a glass of sherry wine If I was a glass of sherry wine I'd warm your heart till you were mine I wish I was a glass of sherry wine Hi-ho, fiddle-dee-dee Tell ya what I'd like to be Hi-ho, fiddle-dee-dee Here is what I dream I'd like to be I wish I was an apple on a tree I wish I was an apple on a tree If I was an apple on a tree A boy'd come along, take a bite from me I wish I was an apple on a tree Hi-ho, fiddle-dee-dee Tell ya what I'd like to be Hi-ho, fiddle-dee-dee Here is what I dream I'd like to be Here is what I dream I'd like to be (Transcribed by Mel Priddle - January 2005) |
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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Apple on a Tree From: GUEST,SteveG Date: 20 Jan 12 - 03:38 PM Strangely enough the tune is still used in the UK on the football/rugby terraces to taunt the opposite fans when their team is losing. Can you hear (team name)sing? No-o, no-o. Can you hear ----- sing? No-o Can you hear ----- sing? I can't hear a f-----=g thing. No-o, no-o, no-o. It seldom gets right to the last note. It's quite a folk survival if it stems from 1951 recordings. |
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