June Apple

An old-time fiddle tune threaded with floating verses about sweethearts, sheep, and a troublesome chimney.

Status: Traditional repertoire · working songbook
Writer / source: Traditional Appalachian fiddle tune
Rights: Older song or tune family. The source of this particular working version and its arrangement is still being reviewed.
Related Scrips recording: No Scrips recording linked yet.

Source research

Documented lineage

Earliest evidence: Old-time fiddle tradition; field/commercial sources vary
Aliases / index: June Apple
Working arrangement: Key G · Capo 2 · Banjo - Standard · 2/4 time

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Working lyrics + chords

Working song sheet

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Verse:
Wish I was a June apple,
Hanging on that tree,
Every time my true love passed,
She'd take a little bite of me.

Verse:
Charlie he's a nice young man,
Charlie he's a dandy;
Charlie he's a nice young man,
Feeds the girls on can-dy.

Verse:
Over the river to feed my sheep,
Over the river, Charlie;
Over the river to feed my sheep,
Feed'n them on that bar-ley.

Verse:
I wish I had some sticks and poles,
To build my chimney higher;
'Cause every time it rains and snows,
It puts out all my fire.

Verse:
Wish I was a June apple,
Hanging on that tree,
Every time my true love passed,
She'd take a little bite of me.

Archive note

This is a working band sheet. Lyrics, repeats, and chord placement remain subject to the band’s final review.

Chords

G · C · D