In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree (II)

DESCRIPTION: A girl shows the singer her anatomy "in the shade of the old apple tree," and he makes the appropriate reply
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1960
KEYWORDS: sex bawdy parody
FOUND IN: US(So,SW)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Cray-EroticMuse, pp. 277-278, "In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree" (2 texts)
Morgan/Green-RugbySongs, p. 151, "In The Shade of the Old Apple Tree" (1 text)
Roud #10242 and 39251
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree (I)" (tune) and references there
NOTES [42 words]: Roud lumps at least some versions of this bawdy parody with the Williams/van Alstyne original (Roud #10242)l, but I would consider them clearly separate songs, and it appears at least one of the bawdy versions is given the separate number (#39251). - RBW
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File: EM277

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