The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #15305   Message #3293544
Posted By: GUEST,SteveG
20-Jan-12 - 03:38 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Apple on a Tree
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Apple on a Tree
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.