From the 1938 musical comedy “Hooray for What”
Words by E. Y. Harburg
Music by Harold Arlen
The sheet music:
Lyrics
A lot of leaves have fallen
A lot of grass has grown
In that apple orchard
Your granny once had known
Rouge you lips, sweet lady
Light your cigarette
Fly through the sky
For no matter how you try
To change all Nature yet
Refrain:
Underneath that shady apple tree
You recall a picture dear to me
Your dress is anothers
But your smile is still your mother’s
In the Shade of the New Apple Tree
Though you bob your hair and show your knee
Though the world is new and fancy free
The old moon’s above you
And the words are still “I love you”
In the Shade of the New Apple Tree
Gone are all the bonnets and bows
That set one’s heart aflame
Gone are the hoops and the busses and the skirts
But a kiss is still the same
Hey, Nonny oh, fortunately
There’ll always be You and Me
In the Shade of the New Apple Tree