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[ Master Of Ceremonies ]
On the pages ofAmerican folklore,
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a legion ofmighty men have left
the symbols oftheir greatness,
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There was Paul Bunyan ´s ax;
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John Henry´s hammer;
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Davy Crockett´s rifle;
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and then,
quite unexpectedly,
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one comes upon a tin pot hat,
a bag ofapple seed,,,
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and a holy book,
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And strangely enough,
these are the symbols of one
ofthe mightiest men ofall--
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John Chapman,
a real-life pioneer,
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With the passingyears, however,
reality has given way to legend,
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until today we know this remarkable man
simply as Johnny Appleseed,
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This is his story, told by
an old settler who knewJohnny well,
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Listen,
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[ Old Settler Narrating ] Well, sir,
every time I see an apple blossom sky,,,
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I think ofJohnny Appleseed,
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´cause, of course, them clouds up thar,
they ain ´t really clouds at all,
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No, sir,
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Why, shucks, there wouldn ´t
be no apple blossom sky,,,
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ifit weren ´t for the fact
thatJohnny--
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But now, hold on here, Guess I´d better
start back to the beginnin ´,
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That´s when Johnny lived
on a farm near Pittsburgh town,
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The year was 1 806,
or maybe there around,
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Now,just to look at him
you´d sayJohnny Appleseed
never would make a pioneer,
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- He was such a sawed-off,
scrawny little fella,
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´Course that didn´t
faze Johnny none,
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Shucks, he had his apple trees and
the morning sun and the evening breeze,
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- ## [ Conti nues Whistl i ng ]
- [ Twitteri ng ]
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# The Lord is good to me #
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# And so I thank the Lord #
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# For givin´ me
the things I need #
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# The sun and rain
and an apple seed #
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#Yes, He´s been good
to me #
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## [ Continues Whistling ]