In the Shade Of the Old Apple Tree The Ink Spots Words by Harry H. Williams and Music by Egbert Van Alstyne Four versions charted in 1905: Henry Burr (# 1); Albert Campbell (# 2); The Haydn Quartet (# 2); and Arthur Pryor's Band (# 9) Re-made to # 13 in 1933 by Duke Ellington In the shade of the old apple tree Where the love in your eyes I could see When the voice that I heard like the song of a bird Seemed to whisper sweet music to me I could hear the dull buzz of the bee In the blossoms as you said to me "With a heart that is true, I'll be waiting for you" "In the shade of the old apple tree" I could hear the dull buzz of the bee In the blossoms as you said to me "With a heart that is true, I'll be waiting for you" "In the shade of the old apple tree"