1.

    |G     /      /     / |G       /       /    / |
Wish I was a June apple,   hanging on that tree,
G     /       /         /            |G      D       /  / |
Every time my true love passed, she’d take a bite of me,
G      /       /  /    |G      /       C  / |
Take a bite of me love, take a bite of me,
G     /       /         /            |G      D       /  / |
Every time my true love passed, she’d take a bite of me.

2.

Every night when I come home, my wife I try to please her,
The harder I try, the worse she gets, damned if I don't leave her.

3.

You ride the old grey mare, I'll ride the roan,
You get there before I do, just leave my gal alone.

4.

Going across the mountain, I’m going in the spring,
When I get on the other side, gonna hear my woman sing.

5.

Can’t you hear that banjo sing, I wish that girl was mine,
Don’t you hear that banjo sing, I wish that girl was mine.

6.

Charlie he’s a nice young man, Charlie he’s a dandy,
Charlie he’s a nice young man, feeds the girls on candy.

7.

Over the river to feed my sheep, over the river Charlie,
Over the river to feed my sheep, feed them on barley.

8.

I wish I had some sticks and poles, to build my chimney higher,
'cos every time it rains and snows, it puts out all my fire.