In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree

The meter of its chorus is in the form of a Limerick. It can safely be characterized as a highly sentimental tune. Although the verses (seldom heard nowadays) provide further explanation, it is clear that the writer is singing about a lost love: In the shade of the old apple tree,Where the love in your eyes I could see,Where 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 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."

In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree

The meter of its chorus is in the form of a Limerick. It can safely be characterized as a highly sentimental tune. Although the verses (seldom heard nowadays) provide further explanation, it is clear that the writer is singing about a lost love: In the shade of the old apple tree,Where the love in your eyes I could see,Where 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 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."