Applejack

Album: New Harvest...First Gathering (1977)
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  • He lived in the apple orchard in this little orchard shack
    His real name was Jackson Taylor but I just called him AppleJack
    Now old AppleJack was loved by everyone he ever knew
    Applejack picked apples but he picked the banjo too

    Play a song for me AppleJack, AppleJack
    Play a song for me and I'll sing
    Play a song for me AppleJack, AppleJack
    Play a song, let your banjo ring

    I'd go down to AppleJack's almost everyday
    We'd sit and we'd drink applejack that old AppleJack had made
    Then he'd take his banjo down then he'd ask me if I'd sing
    He would play the banjo and I'd play my tambourine

    Play a song for me AppleJack, AppleJack
    Play a song for me and I'll sing
    Play a song for me AppleJack, AppleJack
    Play a song, let your banjo ring
    Let it ring

    Now that's when I was just a kid, now that I am grown
    All I have are memories, old AppleJack he's gone
    Oh, but he left me this banjo and it always takes me back
    Lord, every time I play it I still hear AppleJack
    Pour me some applejack

    Play a song for me AppleJack, AppleJack
    Play a song for me and I'll sing
    Play a song for me AppleJack, AppleJack
    Play a song, let your banjo ring
    Once more
    Play a song, let your banjo ring
    You're the best banjo player ever there was, Applejack Writer/s: Dolly Parton
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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