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There's a memory keeps a runnin'	A
Through my weary head to night	B
An' I see a picture dancin'	A
In the fire flames' ruddy light	B
'Tis the picture of an orchard	C
Wrapped in autumn's purple haze	D
With the tender light about it	E
That I loved in other days	D
An' a standin' in a corner	F
Once again I seem to see	G
The verdant leaves an' branches	H
Of an old apple tree	G
	-
You perhaps would call it ugly	G
An' I don't know but it's so	I
When you look the tree all over	F
Unadorned by memory's glow	I
For its boughs are gnarled an' crooked	J
An' its leaves are gettin' thin	A
An' the apples of its bearin'	A
Would n't fill so large a bin	A
As they used to But I tell you	K
When it comes to pleasin' me	G
It's the dearest in the orchard	C
Is that old apple tree	G
	-
I would hide within its shelter	F
Settlin' in some cosy nook	L
Where no calls nor threats could stir me	G
From the pages o' my book	L
Oh that quiet sweet seclusion	A
In its fulness passeth words	M
It was deeper than the deepest	N
That my sanctum now affords	O
Why the jaybirds an' the robins	P
They was hand in glove with me	G
As they winked at me an' warbled	Q
In that old apple tree	G
	-
It was on its sturdy branches	H
That in summers long ago	I
I would tie my swing an' dangle	R
In contentment to an' fro	I
Idly dreamin' childish fancies	S
Buildin' castles in the air	T
Makin' o' myself a hero	I
Of romances rich an' rare	T
I kin shet my eyes an' see it	E
Jest as plain as plain kin be	G
That same old swing a danglin'	A
To the old apple tree	G
	-
There's a rustic seat beneath it	E
That I never kin forget	U
It's the place where me an' Hallie	G
Little sweetheart used to set	U
When we 'd wander to the orchard	C
So 's no listenin' ones could hear	V
As I whispered sugared nonsense	W
Into her little willin' ear	V
Now my gray old wife is Hallie	G
An' I 'm grayer still than she	G
But I 'll not forget our courtin'	A
'Neath the old apple tree	G
	-
Life for us ain't all been summer	F
But I guess we 'we had our share	T
Of its flittin' joys an' pleasures	X
An' a sprinklin' of its care	T
Oft the skies have smiled upon us	Y
Then again we 've seen 'em frown	A
Though our load was ne'er so heavy	G
That we longed to lay it down	A
But when death does come a callin'	A
This my last request shall be	G
That they 'll bury me an' Hallie	G
'Neath the old apple tree	G

Paul Laurence Dunbar

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