Lyrics: The oriole with joy was sweetly singing The little brook was babbling it's tune The village bells at noon were gaily ringing The world seem'd brighter than a harvest moon For there within my arms I gently pressed you And blushing red, you slowly turned away I can't forget the way I once caressed you I only pray we'll meet another day In the shade of the old apple tree Where the love in your eyes I could see When the voice that I heard, like the song of the bird Seem'd to whisper sweet music to me I could hear the dull buzz of the bee In 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 In the shade of the old apple tree Where the love in your eyes I could see When the voice that I heard, like the song of the bird Seem'd to whisper sweet music to me I could hear the dull buzz of the bee In 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
This sounds so clear and crisp for such an old recording. I sometimes wish I could go back in time to this fascinating era if only for a short while. However, until they invent a time machine I'll just have to make do with listening to music like this on TH-cam and watching Boardwalk Empire etc. Lol
This is such an beautiful song sang by one of the greatest tenors ever, Henry Burr. I'm so glad that I have the original sheet music of this song from 1905.
nice melody... nice romantic song (by Harry Williams & Egbert Van Alstyne)... great composition... lovely performance by a great artist with a lovely voice.... bella canbsion.........
Since I can remember my Dad sang In the shade of the old apple tree Sat two Irishmen as drunk as could Said Mike to his friend There’s a fly in the end Of my nose won’t you slap it for me Now mikes friend was an accommodating old chap And he picked up the ax and kerwap The fly flew in the air And they buried Mike there In the shade of the old apple tree. I’m 69 now and cannot believe this has been passed down in our family instead of this lovely song. Kinda makes me feel sad.
This is almost haunting, in a way. Popular music was so different - lacking in bass, a supporting band somewhat like a small orchestra, and a sort of "flowery" audio aesthetic, if that makes sense to anyone else. The cover artwork has a quaint style, as well. I get the impression that many singers of the time, including Mr. Burr, put on some sort of European accent while recording. What is truly haunting, though, is the fact that Henry Burr, Harry Williams, Egbert Van Alstyne, every instrumentalist involved in this song, as well as every other musician and absolutely everybody from this period has grown old and died by now. In a sense, music is from a whole other world. How poetic. EDIT: By coincidence, I just so happened to learn what was that "European accent" I mentioned! The singing style is "bel canto", and it is of Italian origin.
The cover artwork was designed to go with sheet music, I believe. That’s something you’d never see anymore but it was common back then for pop songs because most people had a piano at home and not everyone could afford a record player. Another interesting thing about pop music from this era is that even with the rise of ragtime, there were a lot of songs in 3/4. When you think about some of the biggest hits of the day: “Come Josephine in my Flying Machine”, “In My Merry Oldsmobile”, “Let Me Call You Sweetheart”, they’re all waltzes. No doubt written by people who grew up with and deeply admired the waltz composers of the 1800s. The first few years of the 1900s were an interesting bridge between the Romantic and modern eras.
I noticed that too. They always pronounce the R's really strong in 1900s music. Not bad, just a different style. Many things changed but modern music that we all love comes directly from this after all 🙃
the pre ww1 era seems so nice, up there with the 50s as one of America's best eras, artistically, culturally, advanced yet simple technologically, the era of songs like this and of worlds fairs, early movies and such and so on, sounds like such a nice time to be alive in the United States, the oldest still living people in the United States were born in 1907, those of them with some form of intact memory would be some of the last that remember this time in our history
@@dguy0386 in every sense of the word. Do you need me to give you a list of the reasons why? You can appreciate the music from a different time period, 100%, but please, never romanticize the past, especially eras where impregnating 13 year old girls was considered normal and antibiotics didn't exist.
@@josephinehowell5280 i can assure you 13 year olds being pregnant wasn't at all common at the turn of the century, for hundreds of years mid to late teens early 20s had been the average marriage age, and by the turn of the century especially, marriage younger than 17 or 18 was practically unheard of, my own great grandma got married at 18 in 1904, really humanity hasn't changed as much as people might think in only a century, i do agree with the antibiotics thing though, medical science has come a long way
@Reality rupture Yes, but there's more to it than a simple reference to the year the song was composed. Adding "for a song xxx years old" implies older songs aren't typically good.
@Maxx Fleischer Interesting. Recently I've been reading about the music of this period of time; and then started to search for recordings of those times. Greetings from Mexico City.
is Henry Burr the first person to ever sing this song? Because I searched on google to see who the original singer of this song was and it keeps coming up with Louis Armstrong which can't be right because he was born in 1901 unless he could sing at the age of 4 xD
Love this song btw! its so awesome that even though we are in 2016 we are still able to listen to such lovely music. I know it was in 2010 but thank you for uploading this!
CrazySweetGirl I love to be able to help the old songs live on today! You're welcome, and I'm still uploading vintage recordings in case you would like to subscribe. :)
Didnt Burr reference this 10 years later with Peerless Quartet's is there still room for me neath the old apple tree? Guess that song was like a sequel. Many modern musicans have done the same kinda thing(Iron Maiden,50 Cent etc)
@@aileen9553 Here, let me explain. If you listen very carefully, in the talking tree scene of the 1939 Wizard of Oz film, you can here the song in the form of incidental music.
Still slaps 117+ years later
HENRY BURR WAS A SUPERSTAR OF HIS TIME. AS QUAINT AS THIS SEEMS TODAY IT WAS A SMASH..AN IMPORTANT RECORDING.
The song is now ONE HUNDRED FIFTEEN (115) years ago this year 2020!
one hundred and sixteen years, now
117 yrs old in 2022 . This version, but the song is a 1890's song.
That’s insane that you said 115 because it says there are right 115 comments in the comment section right now…
@@silas537 hahahaha
@@frankmartinez3020 Oh my god, it's Malcolm in the Middle!!!
Lyrics:
The oriole with joy was sweetly singing
The little brook was babbling it's tune
The village bells at noon were gaily ringing
The world seem'd brighter than a harvest moon
For there within my arms I gently pressed you
And blushing red, you slowly turned away
I can't forget the way I once caressed you
I only pray we'll meet another day
In the shade of the old apple tree
Where the love in your eyes I could see
When the voice that I heard, like the song of the bird
Seem'd to whisper sweet music to me
I could hear the dull buzz of the bee
In 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
In the shade of the old apple tree
Where the love in your eyes I could see
When the voice that I heard, like the song of the bird
Seem'd to whisper sweet music to me
I could hear the dull buzz of the bee
In 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
English is not my native language, thank you for the lyrics.
Thanks for the lyrics, this song is beautiful.
I recently reread "Daddy Long-Legs" by Jean Webster and realized how well these compositions fit this book!
This song is 113 years old and now i listen to this song and i cry 💙
My grandfather would sing this song as we walked the corn fields in the 50's.
A really nice old song. It makes you long for another time.
💯%
This sounds so clear and crisp for such an old recording. I sometimes wish I could go back in time to this fascinating era if only for a short while. However, until they invent a time machine I'll just have to make do with listening to music like this on TH-cam and watching Boardwalk Empire etc. Lol
Kblogg 777 Is that a good show?
Ricky Evans Great show.
I’m just like you man. I wish so bad I could visit this era, even if it was for a little bit. Something about it fascinates me.
Ricky Evans Defo recommend watching it.
It was a great time....if you were white
My Grandpa had this 78 RPM that we played on his old phonograph.
What a lovely story you shared.
Still sounds great after 108 years!!!!!!!!!
I am so glad that the record survived!!!
I can't get enough of this old sound.... AWESOME
me too !! i love it so much
so nostalgically beautiful....memorable and enchanting
i absolutely agree
Great song thanks for sharing. Greetings!
This is such an beautiful song sang by one of the greatest tenors ever, Henry Burr. I'm so glad that I have the original sheet music of this song from 1905.
I sang this in my barbershop harmony days
nice melody... nice romantic song (by Harry Williams & Egbert Van Alstyne)... great composition... lovely performance by a great artist with a lovely voice.... bella canbsion.........
🎹
What A Real Treat!
Absolutely Amazing To Listen To.
Since I can remember my Dad sang
In the shade of the old apple tree
Sat two Irishmen as drunk as could
Said Mike to his friend
There’s a fly in the end
Of my nose won’t you slap it for me
Now mikes friend was an accommodating old chap
And he picked up the ax and kerwap
The fly flew in the air
And they buried Mike there
In the shade of the old apple tree.
I’m 69 now and cannot believe this has been passed down in our family instead of this lovely song. Kinda makes me feel sad.
This is almost haunting, in a way. Popular music was so different - lacking in bass, a supporting band somewhat like a small orchestra, and a sort of "flowery" audio aesthetic, if that makes sense to anyone else. The cover artwork has a quaint style, as well. I get the impression that many singers of the time, including Mr. Burr, put on some sort of European accent while recording.
What is truly haunting, though, is the fact that Henry Burr, Harry Williams, Egbert Van Alstyne, every instrumentalist involved in this song, as well as every other musician and absolutely everybody from this period has grown old and died by now. In a sense, music is from a whole other world. How poetic.
EDIT: By coincidence, I just so happened to learn what was that "European accent" I mentioned! The singing style is "bel canto", and it is of Italian origin.
The cover artwork was designed to go with sheet music, I believe. That’s something you’d never see anymore but it was common back then for pop songs because most people had a piano at home and not everyone could afford a record player.
Another interesting thing about pop music from this era is that even with the rise of ragtime, there were a lot of songs in 3/4. When you think about some of the biggest hits of the day: “Come Josephine in my Flying Machine”, “In My Merry Oldsmobile”, “Let Me Call You Sweetheart”, they’re all waltzes. No doubt written by people who grew up with and deeply admired the waltz composers of the 1800s. The first few years of the 1900s were an interesting bridge between the Romantic and modern eras.
I noticed that too. They always pronounce the R's really strong in 1900s music. Not bad, just a different style. Many things changed but modern music that we all love comes directly from this after all 🙃
When we were a proper country. I miss America! Life, liberty, victory, what happened to those? It will be ours again.
This singer was a Canadian....
@@nathanpayne6765 and? That's in English North America is it not? We share common blood.
Henry Burr will never be forgotten whereas all his contemporaries will be. Another advantage of making a hit record.
the pre ww1 era seems so nice, up there with the 50s as one of America's best eras, artistically, culturally, advanced yet simple technologically, the era of songs like this and of worlds fairs, early movies and such and so on, sounds like such a nice time to be alive in the United States, the oldest still living people in the United States were born in 1907, those of them with some form of intact memory would be some of the last that remember this time in our history
This was also the era when Upton Sinclair wrote "The Jungle"
I wish I could live as utterly and blissfully ignorant of our nation's history as you do, my man. Godspeed.
@@josephinehowell5280 did i say anything wrong?
@@dguy0386 in every sense of the word. Do you need me to give you a list of the reasons why? You can appreciate the music from a different time period, 100%, but please, never romanticize the past, especially eras where impregnating 13 year old girls was considered normal and antibiotics didn't exist.
@@josephinehowell5280 i can assure you 13 year olds being pregnant wasn't at all common at the turn of the century, for hundreds of years mid to late teens early 20s had been the average marriage age, and by the turn of the century especially, marriage younger than 17 or 18 was practically unheard of, my own great grandma got married at 18 in 1904, really humanity hasn't changed as much as people might think in only a century, i do agree with the antibiotics thing though, medical science has come a long way
One of my favorites. Thank you.
Chuck Jones' "The Dover Boys" brought me here. It was used in the hide & go seek scene.
Good song for a 110 years old.
Lmao
Dolt. It's simply a sign of the times, no doubt no hip enough for you.
@Reality rupture Yes, but there's more to it than a simple reference to the year the song was composed. Adding "for a song xxx years old" implies older songs aren't typically good.
AMAZING......VOICE OF THE PAST
Why do these songs make me so happy, I don't understand 😢😢😢
sounds like the background music to spankie & the gang. love it.
I thought the same!
One can almost hear Alfalfa singing to Miss Crabtree.
Probably is the song
That song was called "Good Old Days" and sounds different once you've heard them both a few times.
117 years 🙏
i am so happy i found your channel , i truly appreciate these recordings i am hearing for 1st time . thank you
Now this song is 116 years old
How can a recording possibly be this good 1905.
I own a cylinder of this song(but I don’t have the equipment to play it) and man is it nice
Great song!
Thank you
As of 2024 this song is 119 years old
I love it,wish I knew why I know it so well as I was'nt born until 1947 ?
+Mrs Rosemary London You might want to do a bit of research on reincarnation. It is fact. You might begin with Gina Cerminara's Many Mansions.
@@Raul61233 Yes, that's the only logical explanation. 🙄
(Of course it couldn't possibly be because part of this melody was used in The wizard of Oz...)
You're the same age as my grandma, hope you're doing well.
I heard this song on Boardwalk Empire.
I faintly remember my grandma had this record and played it on a record player the size of an old dresser.
Very nice
parabéns grandes orquestras e cantores famozos
118 years...
he sounds like homer
Marge, where did you put my beer hat!?
Lol!! He does!
It is not only the song from 1905 but the recording is as well.
Terry Harvey good restoration work, I’ve heart some records of that decade and there are lots of them that sound really bad.
@Maxx Fleischer Interesting. Recently I've been reading about the music of this period of time; and then started to search for recordings of those times. Greetings from Mexico City.
is Henry Burr the first person to ever sing this song? Because I searched on google to see who the original singer of this song was and it keeps coming up with Louis Armstrong which can't be right because he was born in 1901 unless he could sing at the age of 4 xD
Henry Burr was one of the first popular music recording stars. Henry's is the original hit version.
CatsPjamas1 awesome! thank you so much! :)
CrazySweetGirl
You're very welcome!
Love this song btw! its so awesome that even though we are in 2016 we are still able to listen to such lovely music. I know it was in 2010 but thank you for uploading this!
CrazySweetGirl
I love to be able to help the old songs live on today! You're welcome, and I'm still uploading vintage recordings in case you would like to subscribe. :)
I came here from the book The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey.
Why have I never heard of this guy? Apparently, he was famous in his time.
lindas musicas
Thanks for the posting of this song. Is this a recording from a 1905 78 rpm?
Stormfront brought me here
Another fine rendition by Henry Burr. For the sake of comparison, listen to my upload of Burr's Edison 2-minute rendition at my channel.
End song, so sad.
Cats,how do you find these musical gems?
Didnt Burr reference this 10 years later with Peerless Quartet's is there still room for me neath the old apple tree? Guess that song was like a sequel. Many modern musicans have done the same kinda thing(Iron Maiden,50 Cent etc)
God have mercy upon this ship
Ngl ink spots version is infinitely better
Wizard of Oz brought me here.
Luis Rivera SAME
@@aileen9553 Here, let me explain. If you listen very carefully, in the talking tree scene of the 1939 Wizard of Oz film, you can here the song in the form of incidental music.
Reminds me of John McCormack
parabéns lindas musicas
They took his music and put it in silvery moon johnny got stung by a bee specials u see what they do
Hello Margaret
Anyone brought here because of the movie The Stork Club?
190 80Fri ,,,,,,,🍐,,,,,St Joseph,,, 🍊,,,,,,,,,,
2018?
Whatever happened to Henry Burr?
He is dead
I sang lyrics that were quite different from these. Far too nasty to relate here.
I prefer the ink version
Ariana grande outsold with ease
If you don't have something nice to say, don't say anything at all.