Lyr Req: Ripe Apples ('grandfather tell me all')

Subject: grandfather tell me all
From:
Date: 15 Mar 01 - 12:39 PM

Perhaps not to be considered a folk song I only remember some words "Grandfather, tell me all there is to know, show me all there is to show to help me as I grow" "the trees seem taller..." "tall trees make the samll men.." I dont' know nor title neither singers.

Subject: RE: grandfather tell me all
From: Amos
Date: 15 Mar 01 - 08:47 PM

This probably isn't it, but it's a nice little song anyway:

INTU

              Speak to me
              Slowly and easily
              Tell me all there is to know
              Guide me
              With a gentle touch
              Show me all there is to see

              There's a light shining bright
              In the darkness of a moonless night
              You can give it everything and let it shine
              Let it shine for you
              Let it shine for you
              Let it shine for you
              Let it shine for you

              Explain it to me
              Take care of all my fears
              Leave it with me
              Fill me with joy
              Show me a sign and I know
              I can find a way
              I can find a way

              There's a light shining bright
              In the darkness of a moonless night
              You can give it everything and let it shine
              Let it shine for you
              Let it shine for you
              Let it shine for you
              Let it shine for you

              Shelter me
              Take me to that place
              Comfort me
              Fill me with grace
              Take me away and I know that
              I will never stray
              I will never stray

              There's a light shining bright
              In the darkness of a moonless night
              You can give it everything and let it shine
              Let it shine for you
              Let it shine for you
              Let it shine for you
              Let it shine for you

              C & P 1995 Two Homeboys Chillin' (ASCAP)

Subject: RE: grandfather tell me all
From: Hollowfox
Date: 17 Mar 01 - 11:18 AM

refresh

Subject: Lyr Add: RIPE APPLES (Cenciarelli, Shepstone)
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 23 Jan 22 - 02:49 PM

RIPE APPLES
Written by Guido Cenciarelli & Mike Shepstone
As recorded by The Rokes on “The Rokes—Rarities, 1967”

Ripe apples make a tree seem taller.
Tall trees make a small man smaller.
How can a small man face
A world as big as this?

Grandfather, tell me all there is to know.
Show me all there is to show
To help me as I grow.
He said: "Look around you, son

“Your baby brother's cryin'.
He doesn't understand.
Your sister she is smilin'.
She's holdin' someone's hand.
Your Ma and Pa are smilin'.
They're happy on the land.

"But look at me: I'm cryin',
But not because I'm old,
No, not because I'm I'm old.
I'm cryin' for something I was told.

“You know, they told me--

REPEAT WHOLE SONG. REPEAT FIRST VERSE.
Ripe apples.

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The Rokes were a British pop band who moved to Italy and they were more popular there than in the UK; they recorded songs in both Italian and English.