Nat King Cole Trio "If You Don't Like My Apples" (1946 sound file and lyrics)

Nat King Cole Trio, May 10, 2017

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Edited by Azizi Powell

This pancocojams post showcases a video of the 1954 R&B song "Lovey Dovey" record.

The lyrics for this song are included in this post. This post also presents information about Nat King Cole and the Nat King Cole trio.
  
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Thanks to the composers of this song and thanks to The Nat King Cole trio for their music. 
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This post is part of an ongoing pancocojams series that showcases some examples of songs that include the words "If you don't like my peaches". Many examples of those songs include the words "If you don't like my peaches*, don't shake my tree". In some of those examples, that line may be followed by the line "Stay out of my orchard, and let my peaches be".

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2024/05/partial-chronology-of-songs-with-lyrics.html for the pancocojams post entitled "I Really Like Your Peaches/Gonna Shake Your Tree" Lyrics In The Clovers' 1954 R&B Song "Lovey Dovey"

Also, click the "if you don't like my peaches, don't shake my tree" tag for other pancocojams posts in this series.

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LYRICS - IF YOU DON'T LIKE MY APPLES
(Nat King Cole)

If you don’t like my apples, don’t you shake my tree
If you don’t like my apples, don’t you shake my tree
Now I know a girl who looks like a mop
She’s skinny in the middle and fuzzy on top
If you don’t like my apples, don’t you shake my tree

[music]

Well, If you don’t like my mirror,
Baby, strum my back
If you don’t like my mirror
Baby, strum my back.
I know a girl she’s really sweet
She won’t turn around on a one way street.
If you don’t like my mirror, baby, strum my back.

[music]

If you don’t like my label
Don’t you drink my beer
If you don’t like my label
Don’t you drink my beer
Well, I went to a bar to get a few
I lost my hat and my weekend shoes
If you don’t like label, don’t you drink my beer.

[music]

Hey, if you don’t like my apples,
Don’t you shake my tree
Hey, if you don’t like my apples,
Don’t you shake my tree
Well, Monday I get a hold of you
Tuesday, it’s more of you that I can see.
If you don’t like my apples, please don’t you shake my tree.
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I transcribed this song from this song file because I couldn't find the lyrics anywhere online. The second verse was particularly difficult to understand, and my transcription of that verse in particular may be incorrect. 

Additions and corrections are welcome.

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INFORMATION ABOUT NAT KING COLE & THE NAT KING COLE TRIO 
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nat_King_Cole
"Nathaniel Adams Coles (March 17, 1919 – February 15, 1965), known professionally by his stage name Nat King Cole, was an American singer, jazz pianist, and actor. Cole's career as a jazz and pop vocalist started in the late 1930s and spanned almost three decades where he found success and recorded over 100 songs that became hits on the pop charts.

Cole started his career as a jazz pianist in the late 1930s, when he formed The King Cole Trio, which became the top-selling group (and the only black act) on Capitol Records in the 1940s. Cole's trio was the model for small jazz ensembles that followed. Starting in 1950, he transitioned to become a solo singer billed as Nat King Cole. Despite achieving mainstream success, Cole faced intense racial discrimination during his career. While not a major vocal public figure in the civil rights movement, Cole was a member of his local NAACP branch and participated in the 1963 March on Washington. He regularly performed for civil rights organizations. From 1956 to 1957, Cole hosted the NBC variety series The Nat King Cole Show, which became the first nationally broadcast television show hosted by an African American."...

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