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Thread #108913   Message #2272115
Posted By: open mike
25-Feb-08 - 03:21 PM
Thread Name: Tune Req: Folk Songs With Indiana Connections
Subject: RE: Tune Req: Folk Songs With Indiana Connections
The Roger Miller song.......God didn't make little green apples..


And i wake up in the morning with my hair down in my eyes and she says hi
And i stumble to the breakfast table while the kids are going off to school, goodbye.
And she reaches out and takes my hand and squeezes it and says how you feeling hon?
And i look across at smiling lips that warm my heart, and see my morning sun.

And if that's not loving me, then all i've got to say,
God didn't make the little green apples, and it don't rain in indianapolis in the summer time.
And there's no such thing as dr. seuss or disney land and mother goose, no nursery rhymes.
God didn't make the little green apples, and it don't rain in indianapolis in the summer time.
And when myself is feeling low, i think about her face and go and ease my mind.

Sometimes i call her up, at home, knowing she's busy.
And ask her if she can get away, meet me and maybe we can grab a bite to eat.
And she drops what she's doing and she hurries down to meet me, and i'm always late.
But she sits waiting patiently, and smiles when she first sees me, because she's made that way.

And if that ain't loving me, then all i've got to say,
God didn't make the little green apples, and it don't snow in minneapolis when the winter comes.
And there's no such thing as make-believe, puppy dogs or autumn leaves, no bb guns.
God didn't make the little green apples, and it don't snow in minneapolis when the winter comes.
and it don't rain in indianapolis in the summer time...

it is number 15 on this page
http://www.cowboylyrics.com/lyrics/miller-roger/little-green-apples-1156.html
and the chords are here...
http://www.azchords.com/m/millerroger-tabs-5367/littlegreenapples-tabs-110808.html

The most famous author I know of from Indiana is http://www.genestrattonporter.net/
she wrote about moths (maybe a moth song would be appropriate?)
two ofher books were made into movies...but they were silent movies
so they did not have a theme song or sound track...maybe you could
make one?!
http://www.tentativetimes.net/porter/gspfilm.html
here is a little about her life
http://www.indianahistory.org/pop_hist/people/gs_porter.html
http://www.bsu.edu/ourlandourlit/Literature/Authors/portergs.htm