Applejack Lyrics by Dolly Parton

0:05(Thank you!)

0:06(You know, I guess, in everybody's life)

0:08(There's certain people they remember more)

0:13(When they're growing up than other people)

0:14(Now, I wanna do a song for you now)

0:15(That I wrote about an old man)

0:16(That was very, very special to me)

0:17(He was the best musician in all the Smokey Mountains)

0:18(Well, he was a dirty old man, he was)

0:19(And I used to slip off, and go see him whenever I could)

0:20(Because, now it's not what you think)

0:22(Anyway, he used to let me cuss)

0:23(He used to tell me dirty stories)

0:24(He used to let me chew tobacco)

0:24(He used to smoke roll-your-owns)

0:25(And drink moonshine)

0:25(And we'd just sing away)

0:26(I was seven years old at the time)

0:27(And I used to go home high, I guess)

0:28(And mama thought I was sick)

0:29(For years and years)

0:29(She didn't know I was the happiest kid)

0:30(In the Smokey Mountians, nah)

0:31(But it's the truth)

0:31(He really did let us chew tobacco and smoke, and all that)

0:32(But anyway, he was a person very dear to me)

0:32(And he's only livin' in my memory)

0:34(And that's a special memory)

0:34(That I'd like to share with you tonight)

0:35(The memory of my good friend)

0:36(Applejack)

0:37Now, he lived by the apple orchard

0:37In this little ole orchard shack

0:38His real name was Jackson Taylor

0:39But I called him AppleJack

0:40Now, old AppleJack was loved

0:40By everyone he ever knew

0:40Of course, AppleJack picked apples

0:40But he picked the banjo, too

0:41Play a song for me AppleJack, AppleJack

0:41Play a song for me, and I'll sing

0:41Play a song for me AppleJack, AppleJack

0:42Play a song, let your banjo ring

0:45I'd go down to AppleJack's just almost everyday

1:01We'd sit, and we'd drink applejack

1:04That old AppleJack had made

1:06Then he'd take his banjo down

1:09And then he'd ask me if I'd sing

1:12And he would play the banjo

1:16And I'd play my tambourine

1:16It sounds like this

1:18'Cept he played the banjo better than me, ha-ha

1:19You hope so, don't ya?

1:20Play a song for me AppleJack, AppleJack

1:21Play a song, let your banjo ring

1:23Clap your hands, this is your song

1:26AppleJack would be proud of ya

1:31Now, that's when I was just a kid

1:56And now that I am grown

1:59All I have are these memories

2:01'Cause old AppleJack, well, he's gone

2:04Oh, but he left me his ole banjo

2:06And it always takes me back

2:09And everytime I play it

2:11I still hear AppleJack

2:13Clap your hands and sing

2:15Play a song for me AppleJack, AppleJack

2:20Play a song for me, and I'll sing (Well, now)

2:24Play a song for me AppleJack, AppleJack

2:29Play a song, let your banjo ring

2:32One more time!

2:33Play a song for me AppleJack, AppleJack

2:37Play a song for me, and I'll sing (Oh, yeah now)

2:42Play a song for me AppleJack, AppleJack

2:47Play a song, let your banjo ring

2:50Whoo-hoo

2:51♪