In the shade of the old apple treethe ink spotswords by harry h. williams and music by egbert van alstynefour versions charted in 1905: henry burr (# 1); albert campbell (# 2); the haydn quartet (# 2); and arthur pryor's band (# 9)re-made to # 13 in 1933 by duke ellingtonin the shade of the old apple treewhere the love in your eyes i could seewhen the voice that i heard like the song of a birdseemed to whisper sweet music to mei could hear the dull buzz of the beein the blossoms as you said to me"with a heart that is true, i'll be waiting for you""in the shade of the old apple tree"<instrumental passage>i could hear the dull buzz of the beein the blossoms as you said to me"with a heart that is true, i'll be waiting for you""in the shade of the old apple tree"