In the Shade Of the Old Apple TreeThe Ink SpotsWords by Harry H. Williams and Music by Egbert Van AlstyneFour 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 EllingtonIn the shade of the old apple treeWhere the love in your eyes I could seeWhen the voice that I heard like the song of a birdSeemed to whisper sweet music to meI could hear the dull buzz of the beeIn 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 beeIn 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"
