Apple Trees

DESCRIPTION: "An orchard fair to please, and pleasure for your mind, sir. You'd have then plant of trees, The goodliest you can find, sir." The singer describes how to care for the trees, their yearly life cycle, and the cider one can make from their fruit
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1899 (Baring-Gould, A Book of the West, according to Palmer)
KEYWORDS: drink farming work
FOUND IN: Britain(England(South))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
ADDITIONAL: Roy Palmer, _Ripest Apples_, The Big Apple Association, 1996, pp. 77-77, "Apple Trees" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #22812
File: PRiA078

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