Well the old apple tree in the orchard it lives in my memory
It reminds me of my pappy he was handsome young and happy
When he planted the old apple tree
Chorus: Say Goodbye say goodbye say goodbye oh say goodbye to the old apple tree if my pappy had have know'd it he never would have grow'd it for he died in the old apple tree
Well one night pappy took widow Norton out on a jamboree
When he brought her home at sun up brother Norton raised his gun up
And he chased pappy up in the tree
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When the neighbors came after my pappy up in a tree was he
So they took a rope and strung him by the neck and then they hung him
From a branch of the old apple tree
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Now my poor pappy lies in the orchard
He's out of his misery
They put the apples in a basket chopped the tree down for a casket
Now my poor pappy's gone with the tree
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