Lyr Add: Shade of the Old Apple Tree (parody)

Subject: Lyr Add: SHADE OF THE OLD APPLE TREE (parody)
From: Gene
Date: 27 May 04 - 01:38 PM

A Local music pal asked me to transfer the contents of some
old homemade Reel-To-Reels jam sessions from many years ago...

Any mudcatter recall this one? could be homespun...

IN THE SHADE OF THAT OLD APPLE TREE

Hey I thought I'd take a bath in the water
Fer a bath I hadn't had in a month or so
Fer the bath I didn't want to spend a quarter
So I went down to the creek where it was low

And I laid my clothes beside an apple tree, there
And then I got in to an awful fix
For and old maid came and sat right down beside me
And right there she stayed from one o'clock till six

In the shade of that old apple tree
In water just up to my knees
And I had to sit down, while she was around
Till only my face she did see

The mosquitoes were bitin' my nose
And the turtles were bitin' my toes
But there I did stay, till she went away
From the shade of that old apple tree

---

A Dandy for Nineteen Years Old

Old Maid and the Burglar

Shade of the Old Apple Tree

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Shade Of Od Apple Tree Parody
From: Gene
Date: 27 May 04 - 01:40 PM

Here' another cute little ditty from the same R-T-R.
about a goat

THE GOAT

There was a man who had a goat
And he loved this goat
Oh yes, he did
He loved this goat, just like a kid

One day this goat, felt frisk and fine
Ate three red shirts from off the line
The man, he grabbed him by the back
And he tied him to the railroad track

And soon the train pulled into sight
The goat turned pale and he shook with fright
He heaved a sigh, and tho' in pain
Coughed up the shirts, and flagged the train.

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Shade Of Old Apple Tree Parody
From: GUEST,Hootenanny
Date: 27 May 04 - 02:17 PM

You'll find a version of this on one of Ramblin' Jack Elliott's albums from the late 50's, early 60's probaby reissued now on CD.

Subject: Lyr Add: SHADE OF THE OLD APPLE TREE (parody)
From: GUEST,Jim Ward
Date: 28 May 04 - 08:25 AM

In the shade of the old apple tree
Between two plump legs I could see
A little red spot with some hair in a knot
And it looked a fine target to me
I could hear the buzz buzz of the bee
As he sunk his grub hooks into me
Her backside was fine but you should have seen mine
In the shade of the old apple tree

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Shade Of Old Apple Tree Parody
From: Nathan in Texas
Date: 28 May 04 - 10:14 PM

Here's how I heard in in junior high sometime in the sixties . . .

It was under the old apple tree
That she first showed it to me
It was hairy and black and she called it her crack
I pulled out my telephone pole
And rammed it into her hole
Before she could scream
I shot out the cream
And that is the end of my story

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Shade Of Old Apple Tree Parody
From: kendall
Date: 29 May 04 - 12:45 PM

Why do so many such songs and poems have to be so anti women?

Subject: Lyr Add: SHADE OF THE OLD APPLE TREE (parody)
From: kendall
Date: 29 May 04 - 05:09 PM

Now you know my daddy he was quite a fighter,
My mother she was quite a fighter too
Especially while fighting with poor father
When she used to beat him black and blue.
Paw would find a soft place in the woodshed
Just to sleep his little cares away
There is one good thing about my dear old parents
In the house thry's never fight as I can say...

They'd go out 'neath the old apple tree
Where there was lots more room don't you see
Then maw would start in with a big rolling pin
And beat father 'til he couldn't see,
In the fight they upset the bee hive
And they found that them bees were alive
They didn't sting paw
Those bees they stung maw
In the shade of the old apple tree.


When I was a boy there was a couple named Clyde and Edie Miller who performed this one, among others. He played a harmonica that was no more than in inch wide, and he never touched it with his hands.

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Shade Of Old Apple Tree Parody
From: GUEST,Hootenanny
Date: 29 May 04 - 05:36 PM

What is anti women about a guy and a gal getting it on ?

I think that you'll find that this sort of thing happens quite often between the sexes and I am led to believe that some women enjoy it even if it is too good for them.

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Shade Of Old Apple Tree Parody
From: kendall
Date: 29 May 04 - 07:19 PM

Oh stop it! this sort of song is degrading to women.

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Shade Of Old Apple Tree Parody
From: Nathan in Texas
Date: 29 May 04 - 08:05 PM

>Why do so many such songs and poems have to be so anti women?

In the case of my posting, perhaps because it was written by a 13-year-old boy? (or at least passed on in the oral tradition by one}. What I was wondering was why I remember it, having heard it only once and that over 35 years ago.

Not posted to be anti-woman, but only for its historical significance to tomorrows folk researchers.

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Shade Of Old Apple Tree Parody
From: kendall
Date: 30 May 04 - 07:19 AM

My ex was a shrink, and she said that this sort of thing indicates a deep rooted fear/hatred for women. Furthermore, to keep this going does more harm than good. (I used to use that same argument about history)

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Shade Of Old Apple Tree Parody
From: kendall
Date: 30 May 04 - 07:20 AM

Am I all alone in this? Where the hell are the women?

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Shade Of Old Apple Tree Parody
From: paddymac
Date: 30 May 04 - 09:40 AM

I don't disagree with what Kendall says, but I don't suport censorship, no matter how high-minded the censor trys to make it seem.

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Shade Of Old Apple Tree Parody
From: GUEST,Hootenanny
Date: 30 May 04 - 11:31 AM

Sorry Kendall

You and your ex whether he be a shrink or a garbage collector makes no difference. If you don't enjoy this sort of material that is your choice, no-one can argue with that. However, I would still like to know what is degrading to women to sing a song about sex ?
As I said above both sexes do partake in this activity.

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Shade Of Old Apple Tree Parody
From: kendall
Date: 30 May 04 - 12:40 PM

That parody is not about sex! It's about degrading remarks about a woman's anatomy.
Who said anything about censorship? I'm not in favor of censorship either; but I am in favor of good taste.
I learned a very dirty parody of that song when I was 13...I grew up.

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Shade Of Old Apple Tree Parody
From: jacqui.c
Date: 31 May 04 - 03:58 PM

From a female point of view I found the lyrics unpalatable. I'm not a prude but it leaves me uneasy when a part of my anatomy is described in such a coarse way. Maybe the originator was a young boy who didn't know any better but I do question the need to continue with it.

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Shade Of Old Apple Tree Parody
From: kendall
Date: 31 May 04 - 04:57 PM

Old Maine proverb:

Men mature after they have exhausted all other options.

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Shade of the Old Apple Tree (parody)
From: GUEST,bob
Date: 21 Nov 06 - 12:05 PM

in the shade of the old apple tree, where johnny was stung by a bee, where his voice which i heard, said an outlandish word, here's what happened, i plainly could see; i could see him all jumping around, falling almost like dead on the ground. for his pants were so wide, that the bee flew inside, and stung poor johnny's hide!

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Shade of the Old Apple Tree (parody)
From: GUEST,Auldtimer
Date: 21 Nov 06 - 12:57 PM

This has been recorded by many, including , Ramblin' Jack Elliott, who recorded, In The Shade Of The Old Apple Tree, in the early sixties. I learned this song from a tape nearly twenty years ago. But you only have part of the song here, the lady in question had a wooden leg which proved to be "A Limb From That Old Apple Tree.

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Shade of the Old Apple Tree (parody)
From: GUEST
Date: 13 Sep 10 - 11:46 AM

My momma lies over the ocean
My Father liews over the sea
MY Father lied over my Momma
and thats when my momma had me

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Shade of the Old Apple Tree (parody)
From: GUEST
Date: 17 Aug 11 - 09:59 PM

In the shade of the old apple tree
Was the first time she showed it to me
That little brown spot
She called it her twat
But it looked like a manhole, to me!

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Shade of the Old Apple Tree (parody)
From: Genie
Date: 18 Aug 11 - 01:28 AM

This is the only parody of "In the Shade Of The Old Apple Tree" that I know, and I use it every year for Mother's Day:

In the shade of the old apple tree,
Where my mother came looking for me,
With a handful of switches
She took down my britches,
And oh, how she gave it to me!

Well, I don't quite remember my sin,
But I'm sure that I did it again,
The outcome of which is,
Mama cut lots of switches
In the shade of that old apple tree.



(The first half I heard from someone. The second half I sort of made up/reconstructed from what little memory I had of the second half.)

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Shade of the Old Apple Tree (parody)
From: GUEST,algie
Date: 07 Jan 13 - 12:20 PM

In The Shade Of The Old Apple Tree
Sat Adam With Eve On His Knee
By The Light Of The Moon
They Would Sit There And Spoon
In The Shade of The Old Apple Tree

In The Shade of The Old Apple Tree
Eve Took An Apple For Adam You See
So He Took A bite
Though It Wasn't Right
And He Thought That No One Would See

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Shade of the Old Apple Tree (parody)
From: GUEST,SirCoughsalot
Date: 07 Jan 13 - 01:02 PM

Jack Elliott does it very close to the original post. Speck Rhodes used to sing another one that I don't remember exactly, but something like:

In the shade of the old apple tree
I sat on a big bumblebee
????
My friends tried to move me in vain,
I sat there and grinned through my pain
I said, "Can't you see?
"It's beneath my dignity!"
In the shade of the old apple tree

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Shade of the Old Apple Tree (parody)
From: GUEST,Frank
Date: 07 Jan 13 - 07:56 PM

'Twas under the old apple tree
through a hole in her pants I could see
A little brown thing, all covered in hair
That was slowly winking at me.

I learnt that over 50 years ago,but the second verse is lost to memory. Perhaps I will forget the first verse in another 50 years.

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Shade of the Old Apple Tree (parody)
From: GUEST,William Ward
Date: 17 Mar 14 - 04:47 PM

In the shade of the old Apple tree
Lay two Irishmen, drunk as could be
Said Pat to his friend,
There's a fly on the end,
of my nose, can't you please knock it off for me
Now, Pats friend was a jolly ol guy
He picked up the axe with a sigh
He knocked the fly flat
But they buried poor Pat
In the shade of the old Apple tree!

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Shade of the Old Apple Tree (parody)
From: GUEST,Guest
Date: 10 May 14 - 12:44 AM

I've heard one that starts like this:
In the Shade of an Old apple tree,
A bird dropped a message on me,
It felt mighty queer when it fell in my ear......


My problem is I can't remember the rest. Can someone help me???

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Shade of the Old Apple Tree (parody)
From: GUEST,John P
Date: 10 May 14 - 03:21 PM

My mother used to sing:

'Neath the crust of the old apple pie
There is something for you and for I.
It may be a pin that the cook just dropped in
Or it may be a dear little fly.
It may be an old rusty nail
Or the tip of a pussy cat's tail,
But whatever it be, it's for you and for me,
'Neath the crust of the old apple pie.

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Shade of the Old Apple Tree (parody)
From: GUEST,Molly Sample
Date: 15 Feb 16 - 11:24 AM

Here is one of the versions my Dad taught me.

In the shade of the old apple tree,
There's a bulldog lives next door to me.
One night it was late,
I got in the wrong gate,
And that bulldog he took hold of me.

Where he bit me I don't like to tell,
But I wish that bulldog was in . . . jail.
You can tell at a glance
Where he tore my new pants,
In the shade of the old apple tree.

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Shade of the Old Apple Tree (parody)
From: GUEST
Date: 27 Jul 17 - 07:11 PM

In the shade of the ole' apple tree
where she first showed it to me
I said it won't hurt she said
I'd rather watch it squirt
and that's when it ended for me.