Lyrics to
Apple Suckling Tree

This version of Apple Suckling Tree was released by Bob Dylan in 1975.

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Under that apple suckling tree, oh yeah, under that apple suckling tree
Oh yeah ! Underneath that tree, there’s just gonna be you and me
Under that apple suckling tree, oh yeah !

Old man sailin’ in a dinghy boat
Down there
Old man sailin’ in a dinghy boat
On there
Gonna pull man down on a suckling hook
Gonna pull man into the suckling brook
Oh yeah !

Now, he’s underneath that apple suckling tree
Oh yeah !
Under that apple suckling tree
Oh yeah !
That’s underneath that tree
There’s gonna be just you and me
Underneath that apple suckling tree.

I push him back and I stand in line
Oh yeah
Then I hush my Sadie and stand in line
Oh yeah
Then I hush my Sadie and stand in line
I get on board in two-eyed time
Oh yeah !

Now, who’s on the table, who’s tell me ?
Oh yeah
Who’s on the table, who’s tell me ?
Oh yeah
Who should I tell, oh, who should I tell ?
The forty-nine of you like bats out of hell
Oh, underneath that old apple suckling tree.

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About Lyrics and Apple Suckling Tree by Bob Dylan

When you decide to study the lyrics to Apple Suckling Tree, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1975 song by Bob Dylan. Some of the lyrics to Apple Suckling Tree have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Bob Dylan and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Apple Suckling Tree if you take apart the structure of the words. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Apple Suckling Tree" means the words set to the music of Apple Suckling Tree, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Bob Dylan. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Apple Suckling Tree and the lyrics to Apple Suckling Tree are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Bob Dylan who came here looking just for the lyrics to Apple Suckling Tree, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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