The Old Apple Tree

The Old Apple Tree - Bob Crosby and the Bobcats

Oh The old apple tree in the orchard

Lives in my memory

Cause it reminds me of my Pappy

He was handsome young and happy

When he planted the old apple tree

Say "Goodbye" say "Goodbye"

Say "Goodbye" to the old apple tree

If my Pappy had a knowed it

He'd be sorry that he growed it

Cause he died on the old apple tree

Then one day Pappy took Widder Norton

Out on a jamboree

And when he took her home at sun-up

Brother Norton raised his gun up

And chased Pappy up in the tree

Say "Goodbye" say "Goodbye"

Say "Goodbye" to the old apple tree

If my Pappy had a knowed it

He'd be sorry that he growed it

Cause he died on the old apple tree

When the neighbors came after my Pappy

Up in the tree was he

The neighbors took a rope and strung him

By the neck and then they hung him

To a branch of the old apple tree

Say "Goodbye" say "Goodbye"

Say "Goodbye" to the old apple tree

If my Pappy had a knowed it

He'd be sorry that he growed it

Cause he died on the old apple tree

Now my poor Pappy lies in the orchard

Out of his misery

They put the apples in the basket

Chopped the tree down for a casket

And my poor Pappy's gone with the tree

Say "Goodbye" say goodbye

Say "Goodbye" to the old apple tree

If my Pappy had'a knowed it

He'd be sorry that he growed it

Cause he died on the old apple tree