It was only yesterday I thought I'd take a bath in some water
For a bath I hadn't had in goodness knows when
And for that bath I didn't want to pay a quarter
So I run down to the creek and jump right in
I hung my clothes upon an apple tree limb Was there I got into an awful fix
When an old maid come and sat right down beside them
And there she sat from one o'clock to six In the shade of the old apple tree
I was in water right up to my knee I had to lay down while she was around
Till only my nose you could see Mosquitoes was biting my nose
And the crawdads was nibbling my toes I lay there all day till she went away
From the shade of the old apple tree Here comes the pitiful part boys and girls
It was only yesterday that Jane and I got hitched I mean married
You can bet your life I was a happy groove There was only one thing that filled my heart
With sadness Was parts of her were scattered all over the
room Her glass eye and false teeth was on the mantle
And on the bed she'd hung a lock of hair And there was only one thing that filled my
heart With sadness
There she pitched her wooden leg upon a chair And it was a limb from that old apple tree
I was in water right up to my knee I had to lay down while she was around
Till only my nose you could see Mosquitoes was biting my nose
And the crawdads was nibbling my toes I lay there all day till she went away
From the shade of the old apple tree Yes I carved out my name and there it was
On her limb from the old apple tree