This was mentioned by Stewart on 20-Sep-2018. The songwriter sings it a bit differently than the lyrics in the DT. Also, the DT doesn’t make it clear that there is a chorus, and it misses a verse. I have fixed that.


APPLE PICKER'S REEL
Words and music by Larry Hanks
As recorded by Larry Hanks on “Berkeley Farms: Oldtime and Country Style Music of Berkeley” (1972)

CHORUS: Hey, ho, makes you feel so fine
Lookin’ out across the orchard in the bright sunshine.
Hey, ho, makes you feel so free,
Standing in the top of an apple tree.

1. Up in the morning before the sun,
I don't get home until the day is done.
My pick-sack's heavy and my shoulder's sore,
But I'll be back tomorrow to pick some more. CHORUS

2. Start at the bottom and you pick 'em from the ground,
And you pick the tree clean all the way around;
Then you set up your ladder and you climb up high,
And you're lookin’ through the leaves at the clear blue sky. CHORUS

3. Three-legged ladder, it’s as wobbly as hell.
I’m a-reachin’ for an apple—whoop!—almost fell.
I got a twenty-pound sack hanging 'round my neck,
And there's two more apples that I can't quite get. CHORUS

4. Hey, ho, makes you feel so funny
When you’re walkin’ through the town and you got no money.
Hey, ho, makes you feel so free,
Standing in the top of an apple tree.

5. Hey, ho, well, you feel so down,
Picking up windfalls, crawlin’ on the ground.
Hey, ho, makes you feel so free,
Standing in the top of an apple tree.

6. Hey, ho, well, you lose your mind
If you sing this song about a hundred times.
Hey, ho, makes you feel so free,
Standing in the top of an apple tree.