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