Johnny Appleseed Grace

DESCRIPTION: The speaker declares that "the Lord is good to me" for supplying "the sun and the rain and the apple seed."
AUTHOR: Kim Gannon and Walter Kent (source: various Internet sites)
EARLIEST DATE: 1948 (Disney movie "Melody Time," according to various Internet sources)
KEYWORDS: food nonballad religious campsong
FOUND IN: US
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs, pp. 52, 105, 539, "Johnny Appleseed Grace" (notes only)
Roud #26661
NOTES [102 words]: It's ironic to note that Johnny Appleseed (John Chapman, c. 1775-1847), though his work brought him fame and praise, in fact was introducing non-native species in many areas, and hence damaging the environment.
I doubt this is traditional (though the usual low-quality Internet sources often call it so; some label it a nursery rhyme, which it patently is not), In my experience, it's more of an organizing tool in church camps, sung to settle people down so they can get ready to do something real. But Averill-CampSongsFolkSongs mentions so many collections (70) that I have, with misgivings, indexed it. - RBW
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