Watching the Apples Grow, by Stan Rogers (arr. Ron Smail)
"These Are Our Songs: Canadian Folk Music"
24 February 2018
West End Christian Reformed Church (Edmonton, AB)
Vocal Alchemy, conducted by Jordan Van Biert
with John Calverley (violin), Jessica Heine & Al Dunbar (guitars), Thom Bennett (drums), and Kim Cousineau (piano)
TEXT
by Stan Rogers
It’s early up, Ontario farm,
chicken crow for day,
I wish I grew Annapolis apples
up above Fundy’s Bay.
Oh, it seems so far away.
On the ridge above Acadia’s town
to the valley down below,
The evening shadow falls upon
the families listening to the radio
And watching the apples grow.
Down on the farm, back among
the family, away from Ontario.
Hear the ladies singing to their men,
dancing it heel and toe
And watching the apples grow.
Ontario, you know I’ve seen
a place I’d rather be.
Your scummy lakes and the city of
Toronto don’t do a damn thing for me.
I’d rather live by the sea.
I’ve watched the V’s of geese go by,
the foxfoot in the snow.
I’ve climbed the ridge of Gaspereaux
Mountain, looking to the valley below
And watching the apples grow.
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