If I Was an Apple

Well, Cindy is a little gal She lives away down south She's so sweet the honeybees Swarm around her mouth

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Get along home, Cindy Cindy Get along home, Cindy Cindy Get along home, Cindy Cindy I'll marry you some day

Well, I went to see my Cindy She was standing in the door Her shoes and stockings in her hands Her clothes all over the floor

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My Cindy is a pretty girl My Cindy is a peach She throws her arms around my neck And hangs on like a leech

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I wish I were an apple A-hangin on the tree An' every time that Cindy passed She'd take a bite o' me

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She told me that she loved me She called me Sugarplum She drew her arms around me I thought my time had come

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Wish I had a needle and thread Wish that I could sew I'd sew that gal to my coat tails And down the road we'd go

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She loved me on the mountainside She loved me on the hill And every time she said "I won't "Her echo said "I will!"

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She took me to the parlor She cooled me with her fan She said I was the prettiest thing In the shape of mortal man

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She loves me in the summertime She loves me in the fall If she don't love me all the time I want no love at all

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If I had a pretty gal I'd put her on a shelf Ev'ry time she smiled at me I'd jump right up myself

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Buffy Sainte-Marie on Rainbow Quest with Pete Seeger (Episode 38)