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AKA<\/strong><\/td>Mother had an apple<\/td><\/tr>
First Published<\/td>1901<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Writer\/composer<\/td>Fred Murray and Fred W Leigh<\/td>Roud<\/strong><\/td>RN24212<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Music Hall Performers<\/strong><\/td>Vesta Victoria<\/td><\/tr>
Folk performances<\/strong><\/td>Collected from the singing of:<\/strong>
Costello, Cecilia; England : Warwickshire; 1967<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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McGlennon's Song Annual 1902<\/strong>\n\nFather, Mother and an Apple<\/strong>\nWritten and composed by Murray and Leigh. Sung by Miss Vesta Victoria. Music at Francis, Day and Hunter's.<\/em>\n\nMy father met my mother in a very funny way!\nHe dropped across her coming from the sweet-stuff-shop one day.\nShe had an apple in her hand, I think it was the right!\nFather winked at Mother, then she let him have a bite.\nThey courted one another for a long, long time;\nThose two had lots of fun.\nThey saved up all their money, and when they'd got enough\nThe clergyman he rolled them into one.\n\nFather and Mother fell in love with one another;\nMother had an apple and let him have a bite.\nI've just been and bought one, it looks so jolly fine!\nSo I want someone to have a bite at mine.<\/em>\n\nMy Mother always says that if you want to please a man,\nThe best way is to 'kid' him', and to coax him if you can;\nAnd if you've got a fancy that you'd like to be his wife,\nMind and keep his 'tummy' full, and he'll be yours for life.\nYou've heard of Mr Adam and his wife I'm sure;\nWell, I think she was smart;\nShe picked some fruit and fed him, which only goes to prove\nShe knew the quickest way to Adam's heart.\n\nMy Father told my Mother in my hearing yesterday\nHe loved her just the same as when as kids they used to play.\nThey both were in the parlour - it's a good job I'm so small\nI was in the corner, so, of course, I heard it all.\nThey snoozled and canoodled, and the dear old girl\nAround his neck she clung;\nAnd father seemed to like it - he whispered in her ear\n\"I can't forget the days when I was young.\"<\/pre>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
This song was a hit for\u00a0Vesta Victoria<\/a> at the turn-of-the-century. It was written by the\u00a0Fred W Leigh<\/a>, working with Fred Murray<\/a>. You can purchase a recording of Vesta Victoria singing it from the excellent Windyridge CDs<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the 1960s the chorus of the song was remembered by Cecilia Costello, and you can hear a recording of her singing it at the Vaughan Williams Memorial Library<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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