Apples and Bananas (I Like to Eat)

DESCRIPTION: "I like to eat, Eat eat eat, I like to eat Apples and Bananas." Repeat through the vowels, so "I like to ate, Ate ate ate, I like to ate Ayples and Banaynays," "I like to ite, ite ite ite, I like to ite, Ipples and Baniyniys."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1997 (mudcat thread)
KEYWORDS: food wordplay
FOUND IN: US
REFERENCES (1 citation):
LibraryThingCampSongsThread, post 217, "(I like to eat, eat apples and bananas)" (1 mention, from user GraceCollection, posted October 12, 2025)
NOTES [65 words]: The earliest version I know of this is from a children's recording by Sandy and Caroline Paton, "When the Spirit Says Sing," which I am sure precedes the 1997 date shown above -- but the Smithsonian Folkways site lists it as from 2003. This is the date of the CD reissue, I think, but I don't have the original cassette, so I have to date the song to 1997. No one seems to know the origin. - RBW
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File: LCCS217A

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