In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree - The Ink Spots

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In The Shade Of The Old Apple Tree

In the Shade Of the Old Apple Tree

The Ink Spots

Words by Harry H. Williams and Music by Egbert Van Alstyne

Four versions charted in 1905: Henry Burr (# 1); Albert Campbell (# 2);

The Haydn Quartet (# 2); and Arthur Pryor’s Band (# 9)

Re-made to # 13 in 1933 by Duke Ellington

In the shade of the old apple tree

Where the love in your eyes I could see

When the voice that I heard like the song of a bird

Seemed to whisper sweet music to me

I could hear the dull buzz of the bee

In the blossoms as you said to me

«With a heart that is true, I’ll be waiting for you»

«In the shade of the old apple tree»

I could hear the dull buzz of the bee

In the blossoms as you said to me

«With a heart that is true, I’ll be waiting for you»

«In the shade of the old apple tree»