This song is also available on Claudia Robin Gunn's award winning album Sing Through the Year - A Little Wild Childhood.
When I was small I had an apple seed and my mama told me
To dig a little hole and water it well and little by little it grew
I was crouching down when I saw a tiny leaf
I saw one - I saw two, I kept on going like mama said to
I saw 5 leaves I saw ten, when I got to twenty had to count again
I was balancing on tiptoe counting all those little leaves
Years went by and I kept on, my apple tree grew with water and sun
An apple tree tall, taller than me, standing proud like a friend should be
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With leaves so green, apples so sweet, boughs so strong and roots so deep
Leaves so green, apples so sweet, boughs so strong and roots so deep
Leaves so green and apples so sweet, boughs so strong and roots so deep
Leaves so green and apples so sweet, boughs so strong and roots so deep
Now I’m here under that shade, counting all the red red apples she made
My apple tree sings her apple tree song, I’ll listen and learn and pass it on
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BRIDGE
All my life I’ll have a place to climb, a place to read and hide
A place to dream and grow, apple tree listen to my woes
Tell me your secret I will keep, apple tree I will guard your sleep
Apple tree tall, what friends we’ll be
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When I am grown with a daughter like me
Apple tree tall will you give to me
One little seed - I promise I’ll tell
My little girl, to water it well
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